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International ToT workshop for strategizing gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation management
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From 11-17th of April 2007, Utthan People's Learning Centre for Water and Sanitation organised a international training of trainers for strategizing gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation management. This ToT was supported by GWA and took place in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
The complete report of the workshop can be downloaded here.
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Training of Trainers
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First Arab Region ToT Workshop: Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM
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From 26 November- 02 December 2007, GWA conducted its first regional Training of Trainers course in Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resources Management for the Arab region, in Tunisia. The course was hosted by the Center for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) in Tunis, and organized in collaboration with AWARENET, Cap-Net, IDRC/WaDImena and GEWAMED.
The TOT course aimed to strengthen the capacity of trainers and increase the number of trainers in the Arab Region that can effectively train others in Gender mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resources Management. A total of 13 women and 6 men coming from Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen participated very enthusiastically in the course. By the end of the course the participants had produced 15 action plans on mainstreaming gender in IWRM in their own countries.
This report describes and reviews the many issues involved with course preparations, provides the 7 days programme schedule with the sessions and experiences; and gives a detailed account on lessons learned with recommendations for future courses.
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Regional ToT Workshop: GENDER and IWRM
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Together with the Institute for Environment and Water, GWA organized this 5 days training workshop in Limuru, Kenya from 25 till 29 November 2007. It was attended by thirty one participants (20 women and 11 men) drawn from the Civil Society Organizations and Networks, Ministry of Water (Kenya), various New Water Sector Institutions implementing reforms, consultants and other representatives from various institutions.
The report describes in detail the contents of most of the sessions, like key gender concepts, social constructs of gender and four different frameworks for disaggregated gender analysis. A lot of content is exemplified through specific reference to-, and cases from the local situation in Kenya. Moreover the report explains and compares a great number of facilitation methods and elaborates on the particulars of the group work and plenary discussions.
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Western Africa Regional ToT workshop: Understanding Gender in IWRM
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With support of GWA, the African Initiative for Environment Sustainable Network (IFESNET-AFRICA) organized a regional ToT workshop in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria, from 14-20 September 2008. The main aims of the workshop were to build capacity and increase knowledge and understanding of gender in IWRM with the NGOs and State Governments in Southern Nigeria. IFESNET-AFRICA reports that this region is relatively neglected in development activities whereas the problems, especially as a result of water pollution, are immense. Apart from the detailed programme schedule, the report describes the session contents, the regional specific case studies, group exercises, the field visit and reviews the reactions of the participants in the ensuing discussions. The illustrated report can be downloaded here.
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Regional ToT workshop Gender mainstreaming in IWRM for the Bangla-speakers from the two Bengals
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A Regional ToT in Bangla language was designed by GWA and held in collaboration with Pradan at CINI Chetana Resource Centre in Poilan in the outskirts of Kolkata, India, from November 25 to December 1, 2008. The ToT was meant to fulfill a long felt need felt by those working in this part of India and in Bangladesh for gender mainstreaming in IWRM. It was intended to assist participants with knowledge and the resources on gender as an organizing principle of water management. It was the first time that such a 'cross-border' linguistic initiative on gender and water was undertaken between the two countries. The report can be downloaded here.
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Second Arab Region ToT Workshop: Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM
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The second Training of Trainers workshop on Gender and IWRM in the Arabic language was organised in Jordan from 1-7 November 2008. It was organised in partnership with Cap-net and AWARENET, and hosted by the Queen Zein al Sharaf Institute for Development (ZENID) in Amman, Jordan. The 16 participants came from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Sudan and Yemen.
Lessons learned from GWA’s first Arab Region TOT held in Tunis (Nov. 07) were applied in this workshop. More time was devoted for understanding of the gender concept, gender responsive budgeting, gender and sanitation, and linking these issues to the reality of the region. In addition specific attention was paid to practical exercises and tailor made training methods to provide the participants with the skills and tools to train others in gender mainstreaming in their countries’ water sector.
The report describes the course programme from session to session; the animated discussions on gender perceptions; and explains through text and photographs the course methodology like the meta-plan technique, ranking exercises, role play on preparing a training course budget, and more.
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Eastern Africa Regional ToT Workshop: Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM
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A total of 39 professionals from water and environment ministries and institutes as well as NGOs in Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya participated in the training of trainers workshop, which was organised by the Gender and Water Alliance in close coordination with the Institute of Environment and Water in Nairobi. The training took place from 30 March till 5 April 2009 at the Yaya Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
The illustrated report (which you can download here) summarizes all presentations and ensuing discussions day by day and it documents participants’experiences on gender mainstreaming in IWRM and water policies from the Eastern African Region, with e.g. interesting examples from Kenya’s flower industry and the field visit report on the work of the Kimande trust in Nairobi’s Kibera slum.
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First General Assembly Meeting of GWA
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Report of the the first General Assembly of GWA which took place at the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico City on 20 March 2006. It was attended by allmost all members of GWA that were present in Mexico and by 14 other interested parties. The chairlady gave an opening address and the strategic plan was discussed.
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Strengthening the network
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GWA Members Meeting at the Sixth World Water Forum
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On March 15, 2012 GWA members and interested partners met at the sixth world water forum in Marseille, France, to discuss the current situation of GWA, and exchanged information on the gender and water activities of those present. A complete report of the meeting, which was chaired by former GWA-SC member Marica Brewster, can be downloaded here.
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Brief commenting on AusAID's draft strategy on water, sanitation and hygiene in January 2009
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This brief was written by GWA Chair Sara Ahmed for the ANU media department, commenting on AusAID's draft strategy on water, sanitation, and hygiene.
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