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Hellen Natu, a great friend and champion, left us – she died on 25th September 2022.
She passed away as a result of pancreatic cancer and undernourishment. We mourn her death and we will miss her tremendously. Hellen Natu was the regional coordinator of the Nile Basin Discourse, one of WfWP’s members. How would you describe a lady like that? We highly respected, appreciated and admired all her efforts on women’s involvement. On connecting academia / research and the connection to the work on the ground. On connecting different countries to talk to each other. On being the link between the experiences of the different countries and to promote cooperation. We, as Women for Water Partnership, offer our sincere condolences and our support to the network and the staff. Women for Water Partnership Link voor Hellen Natu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtySY9gpbG8 |
Stockholm World Water Week 2022
"Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water" The theme calls for a better understanding of the value of water to find solutions for today's food and climate crises and highlights the importance of "invisible" water.
In Stockholm, Women for Water was represented by Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, president; Marjon Verkleij, treasurer and Lesha Witmer, SC advocacy lead. Being on site made us visible; we re-connected to partners and contacts, and we had the opportunity of many bi-lateral conversations in a most efficient and effective way. After a long COVID epidemic, we were happy to meet so many again face-to-face.
WWW2022 started with on-line sessions. WfWP was amongst others, panelist and moderator in UNESCO WWAP’s session, where the focus was on Accelerating Gender Equality in the Water Domain Call for Action to Accelerate Gender Equality in the Water Domain (unesco.org) in the run to the UN 2023 Water Conference https://www.unwater.org/news/un-2023-water-conference. In Stockholm we joined a packed morning session - 'Water Women Monday'. We introduced WfWP, our Flash Mob initiative and of course, the research report ‘With Women Better Results in Water Management 20220722_women_for_water_partnership-with_women_better_results_in_water_management.pdf (womenforwater.org). Several of the women's networks presented their organisations, followed by discussions on women in the water sector and cooperation for mentoring (young) professionals. Wonderful to actually discuss and network face-to-face. In the evening during a crowded women's networking drink organized by SuSana, we officially handed over the printed version of our research report to Dr Tania Rodiger-Vorwerk, DG of Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Development (Germany) and the USAID representative. Networking, discussions and collaborations were the main focal points during that evening. At the coffee morning in the park, the co-chairs for the UN Water conference in 2023 NL water ambassador Henk Ovink and Sulton Rahimzoda, Tajikistan, invited the audience to a group discussion to set new agenda items and additional perspectives for the UN 2023 Water conference in New York. WfWP took the opportunity to offer our printed research report to the hosts in the park; this report can be used as items for the Agenda. Other items such as water distribution, water access for all (SDG6), communication and inclusiveness were high on the list for this agenda. We discussed with water people from Colombia, Mexico, the Netherlands and the USA, communication, transparency, awareness and jobs in the water sector were items that came up. Persuading Heads of State and Governments of the ‘value’ of water and sanitation to other political priorities, was highlighted during the discussion in the session - Creating new champions: enhancing cross-sectoral links to achieve SDG 6. https://www.worldwaterweek.org/event/10290-creating-new-champions-enhancing-links-to-achieve-sdg-6-across. For more information on the Water Prize Laureates click on Stockholm Water Prize Seminar and Laureate Recognition | On-site Awards (worldwaterweek.org). And we will finish by saying that the theme for the World Water Week 2023 will be innovation! |
REPORT ON A CASE STUDY MADE BY Women for Water Partnership:
With Women Better Results in Water Management
“With Women Better Results in Water Management”, is the title of a recent publication of Women for Water Partnership (WfWP). The study was funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). (full report: here) The reason behind initiating this study was that an earlier study on the impact of women’s participation showed that in some corners of the private sector, it is more common to measure the impact of women in decision-making positions and showing positive results – contrary to the public sector. Companies with higher numbers of women in leadership teams outperform those with fewer women, often by 30%. Moreover, leadership styles more frequently used by women are the most effective in addressing the global challenges of the future and critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Read full text White Paper on engineering a welcome contribution to realisation of SDG 6:
The role of engineers in the effort to achieve SDG 6. |
