Dr Galina Stulina

Galina has been active in developing the Gender and Water Network in Central Asia (GWANET). For more than 30 years she worked in the water sector, with a background in biology and soil sciences. She has 50 major publications to her name, related to Agro-economics, the Aral Sea, Gender mainstreaming, Water modelling, IWRM, Irrigation, Agriculture, Climate, and many other related subjects, demonstrating her gender and water expertise.

Thanks to her efforts, gender has been an important factor in water management in Central Asia, a region with its own specific gender and water issues. She is the leading researcher in the Gender and Water theme in the region, and was the first Chairperson and Founder of the SIC ICWC (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) with a regional website with information and resources on water, gender, IWRM and related subjects. See website link for more information on the Center: www.cawater-info.net