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Addressing water and poverty: A Case Study of Area Water Partnerships and Women and Water Networks in South Asia
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While women continue to be responsible for much of the water collection and management of food production for household consumption, their limited access militates against food and water security.
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Community Based Disaster Risk Mitigation- Gujarat
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The poor live with minor and major hazards and disaster risk on a daily basis. Mitigating disaster risk involves reducing vulnerability and improving coping capacities and needs to involve all stakeholders. It is recommended that disaster mitigation is made integral part of regular developmental programs.
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MAMA-86 and the Drinking Water Campaign in the Ukraine
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The case study highlights the work of MAMA-86, a national environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the Ukraine. It specifically focus on the Drinking Water Campaign and the many successful outcomes of the campaign for a participatory, democratic, accountable, and sustainable water sector and country.
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Mainstreaming Gender in South African Sanitation Programmes: A Blind Spot or Common Practice?
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The linkages between women, sanitation and health and hygiene practices are strong, abundant, diverse and often self-evident. Yet the gaps in policy documents are not confined to government. The case study describes gender and sanitation in practice and why poor sanitation affects women most. Of course also the way forward is dealt with.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Sanitation and Hygiene in Uganda
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This case study describes the mainstreaming of gender in sanitation and hygiene with a purpose to facilitate incorporation of gender in the African sanitation and hygiene. It focuses on the following four issues: Concepts of Gender and Mainstreaming; The status of hygiene and sanitation in Uganda, the progress made in gender mainstreaming in Uganda; the benefits and incentives. It also gives conclusions and recommendations.
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Philipines: Engendering Environment and Natural Resources Management
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The experience of the department of environment and natural resources of the Philipines in mainstreaming gender and development.
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Pro-poor water supply and sanitation - Nepal
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Less than 80 percent of the rural population in Nepal has access to safe drinking water while less than 25 percent use sanitation facility. Inadequate access to safe water supply combined with poor environmental sanitation and personal hygiene practices is among the leading causes of diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, worm infestation, skin diseases.
The The RWSSP Experience used a participatory approach including the non-formal education, hygiene and sanitation education and support to women' s technical training. This proved to have been very effective in empowering the communities including women and seem to result in strong community ownership.
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5th World Water Forum, 2009
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This folder contains declarations, statements, and other resources produced from the 5th World Water Forum, held from 16 - 22 March 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey
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Conferences
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Policy Brief: Building Local Democracy through Natural Resources Interventions: An Environmentalist's Responsibility
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This policy brief from World Resources Institute (WRI) describes how natural resource management can strengthen and improve local democracy.
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Fact sheets and policy briefs
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E-source News IRC
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News and publications from the International Water and Sanitation Centre.
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