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GWA addresses gender issues at workshop
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At the Regional Workshop on Optimisation for Sustainable Water Resources Management (OPTIMA), which took place at Qawra, Malta from 28-29 May, Chrisje van Schoot, Senior Programme Officer of GWA addressed the importance of gender involvement in water resource management.
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Capacity building
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Traveling Exhibit
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As "one picture tells more than a thousand words", GWA developed a photo exhibition showing different aspects of gender related to water. The main objectives of this exhibit are: to raise awareness about gender and water issues to strenghten capacity in community-based groups and organisations and to address gender equity in integrated water resource management.
Together with GWA members and partners from the respective regions, the exhibit was developed for the Latin American and Carribean region in 2005, an African Chapter was developed in 2007, followed by a South Asian chapter in 2008.
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Capacity building
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GWA South Asia Regional Workshop: Strategic Planning for Mainstreaming Gender in IWRM
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The first Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) South Asia Regional Workshop, which was held from 23 to 25 January 2007 in Kathmandu, Nepal, had about 50 participants. They were both women and men, from NGOs, water networks, donor organizations and academia in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as representatives from Water Aid, U.K. and the GWA Secretariat, the Netherlands. The Workshop was co-hosted by the Nepal Water for Health Foundation (NEWAH), one of the largest NGOs in Nepal working on water, health and sanitation from a gender and poverty perspective.
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Strengthening the network
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GWA/AIT Regional Workshop: Strategic Planning for Mainstreaming Gender in IWRM in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
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From 18-21 July 2007 a GWA/AIT Regional Workshop on Strategic Planning for Mainstreaming Gender in IWRM was held for Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand. The workshop was organized by the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) and was co-hosted by AIT’s Gender and Development Studies Programme. A total of 33 participants and 20 graduate students and staff participated in the workshop.
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Strengthening the network
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Cartoon booklets on gender and water (2009)
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Together with the famous Brazilian artist Ziraldo Alves Pinto, GWA has developed four booklets about gender and water, specifically targeted at school children and illiterate people.
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Knowledge on gender and water
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Gender and water: how to engineer a common language?
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Partnership between Both ENDS, Comprehensive Assessment and GWA. Source Bulletin February 2007
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Knowledge on gender and water
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Articles in Source Bulletin
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South Asia: First regional strategic planning for mainstreaming gender in IWRM by GWA
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Source Bulletin May 2007
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Knowledge on gender and water
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Articles in Source Bulletin
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Rio 20+ United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012
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International and global profile
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World Water Week 2006
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From 20 to 26 August the World Water Week took place in Stockholm. This years theme was: "Beyond the River - Sharing Benefits and responsibilities". During the week the sharing of benefits and responsibilities as they relate to livelihood improvement, land based activities within a river basin, and society's ability to cope with natural disasters were examined.
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World Water Week 2008
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From 17 to 23 August 2008 the World Water Week took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The theme was "Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World". Together with Saferworld, UK, the Gender and Water Alliance conducted a Seminar titled "Conflicts Over Water and Water to Solve Conflicts".
Also the GWA Chair, Dr. Sara Ahmed, was the lead rapporteur for the sessions on Water Resource Mangement and reported her findings at the Synthesis Plenary on Friday 22 August.
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