The museum features the Exhibition on Women, Water and Work and its galleries feature several stories exploring the link between gender and water. For example, the impact of the disappearing kenis (small water wells) in Kerala on women's water work; or the impact of floods on lives and livelihoods within the controversial embankments of eastern India; and the perception of the tempestuous ocean as 'Mother' by the fishing communities in Kerala, even as the livelihood options for women in fishing are dwindling.
The LWM team is keen to expand the virtual platform, especially in terms of seeing how it can be used to address challenges on the ground, through capacity building, water classrooms in schools, and eco-entrepreneurship around water heritage sites, etc.
LWM is always looking for feedback and new ideas for website content. Please contact: livingwatersmuseum@gmail.com
]]>Norma previously worked as the M&E officer of the EU-funded Water Supply and Sanitation Program in PNG. During this time she worked at the Program Management Unit to support the implementation of WASH across the country. She is a WASH advocate and has actively contributed to mainstreaming Gender and WASH into the national government policy (National WASH Policy for PNG 2015-2030), ensuring that women, people with disabilities and other marginalised groups actively participate in and benefit from WASH projects and interventions.
Norma has also worked several years with WHO and WaterAid. Along with her rich field- and grassroots-level experience, she has also worked at senior management and strategic planning level for 3 years.
She is dedicated to work for the mission and vision of GWA during her term as SC member, keeping in mind the principles of sustainable development, IWRM, human rights and gender equality.
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