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WfWP co-signed a letter on water-related issues to Ms. Von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
Today the EU Water Alliance, of which WfWP is a member, send the letter attached to Ms. Von der Leyen.
This letter is a follow-up to the Standup4water campaign and the conversations we had with in total 15 commissioners (or their cabinet) on the importance and connection to water of their portfolios.
The letter is a reaction to the EC workplan for this year and stressing again the connection to water.
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We are proud to announce that one of WfWP’s members Margaret Nakato of Katosi Women Development Trust ( KWDT) has been awarded by the  “Award of Margarita Lizárraga Medal 2020-2021”
 
President WfWP Mariet Verhoef-Cohen express her congratulations to Margaret Nakato and the Board of KWDT: 
“What a wonderful news that you, Margaret Nakato, was awarded the prestigious Medal of Margarita Lizáragga by the Director General of the FAO for the biennium 2020-2021.
Dear Margaret, you are a leader for all of us and especially a role-model for young women professionals.
Women for Water Partnership is so proud to have you as one of our members.
​It was great that so many (over 550) joined the launch of the International Year of the Artisanal Fisheries 2021 so that you had widespread publicity.
Please enjoy this honour as you more than deserve it. Again, in name of all our member organizations and the whole Steering Committee of WfWP our sincere congratulations for this great achievement.”
 
Link to the communique from KWDT 
The Margarita Lizárraga Medal
Women for Water co-convened two sessions and participate in numerous others during the Stockholm Water Week in August last. Please find the recordings and results of the session on “women, water and climate” session: Link to youtube
and “the final frontier”: Link to youtube 
WfWP with partners NetWwater and Soroptimist International reflected on the outcomes of the virtual conference in late 2020, "Women, Water, Climate.
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The women, water climate session  concluded with the following:
Policy / Call for Action: 
  • Finance and access to technology needs to reach women directly; methodology changes for allocation of funding are needed
  • Vocational training, resilience training is a must especially for (adult) women; it needs to include examples of successful local actions (belief the women) and alternatives - so their existing actions can be acknowledged and upscaled.​  
Initiatives: 
  • UNESCO-WWAP led “Unlocking the Power of Gender Equality in the Water Domain and bridging the gap through a Multi-stakeholder Call for Action” Call for Action to Accelerate Gender Equality in the Water Domain (unesco.org)
  • Continue the work of the Stockholm Environment Institute together with Women for Water and regional partners to further explore and enhance the role of women in the water – climate nexus
New report:  EU Water and Beyond
EU takes initiative
to motivate their missions!!!
See document in External Publications
​Women, Water, Climate:
The Way Forward
Webinar
Women, Water and Climate: Tackling the Challenges – our South Asia webinar featuring the catalytic role of women in water management which led to substantial improvements in their lives and that of their communities ! 
White Paper on engineering a welcome contribution to realisation of SDG 6:
The role of engineers in the effort to achieve SDG 6.       
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Building peace in the minds of men and women
Download the UNESCO WWAP Toolkit on Sex-disaggregated Water Data
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