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In Memoriam Nelleke Fontein
As a result of a very bad fall in the French Alps, Nelleke lost her life on the 27 September 2021.
Nelleke was Women for Water’ honorary secretary when we started our adventure. She was instrumental in helping us to set up and shape our organisation, building a sound foundation with her drafting skills for our constitution and helping shape our first secretariat.
A “great sport” and a very sportive and supportive person. For us the picture on the card says it all: a women-water person.
A dedicated women with a “straight back”, strong on ethics, correct and proper behavior, not always easy on herself or colleagues - but so important to keep us on the right path. Never losing sight of what women need, to be able to do their thing. Sometimes maybe a bit too daring. Always living up to what she promised or set her mind to do.
Dear Nelleke, thank you and we will remember you fondly. If there is another phase somewhere out there: we hope you will enjoy it.
Steering committee and members past and present Women for Water Partnership
Nelleke Fontein 14th May 1945 – 27th September 2021
As a result of a very bad fall in the French Alps, Nelleke lost her life on the 27 September 2021.
Nelleke was Women for Water’ honorary secretary when we started our adventure. She was instrumental in helping us to set up and shape our organisation, building a sound foundation with her drafting skills for our constitution and helping shape our first secretariat.
A “great sport” and a very sportive and supportive person. For us the picture on the card says it all: a women-water person.
A dedicated women with a “straight back”, strong on ethics, correct and proper behavior, not always easy on herself or colleagues - but so important to keep us on the right path. Never losing sight of what women need, to be able to do their thing. Sometimes maybe a bit too daring. Always living up to what she promised or set her mind to do.
Dear Nelleke, thank you and we will remember you fondly. If there is another phase somewhere out there: we hope you will enjoy it.
Steering committee and members past and present Women for Water Partnership
Nelleke Fontein 14th May 1945 – 27th September 2021
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High-level EU Conference ‘Accelerating Concrete Actions Towards Gender Equality in Water’, 13 October 2021
n 13 October 2021, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2021, the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)and Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) are organizing the High-level EU Conference ‘Accelerating Concrete Actions Towards Gender Equality in Water’.
High-level country representatives and non-state actors will convey messages supporting gender transformative strategies and actions that accelerate the pace towards gender equality in the water sector by 2030. The event is inspired by the Call for Action: Accelerating gender equality in the water domain: better data and concrete actions led by UNESCO-WWAP with the Multi-stakeholder Coalition. The event will address the European Member States' audience and will discuss the role of international cooperation and financing in the water and gender sector, as well as experiences from EU and non-EU countries, new plans and initiatives. To register: https://events.unesco.org/event?id=3702669841&lang=1033
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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.
Read More The women, water climate session concluded with the following:
Policy / Call for Action:
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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. |
