December 19th, 2011
WfWP: preparing for Rio+20As strategic partner of UN-Water, the Women for Water Partnership closely interacts with the UN Water Secretariat in the preparation for the World Summit Rio+20 in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. In this context, WfWP President Alice Bouman-Dentener addressed women’s role in water and food security during the UN Water panel on the opening day of the Bonn nexus conference. Full story >>
October 27th, 2011
“Investing in women leadership is smart economics” The International Conference 'Community and Water Services; challenges for sustainability', was held from September 29th through October 1st in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The conference, the first of its kind in the region, brought together ministers, local authorities, academia and executives from the water sector with 300 delegates from community based organisations to discuss the conditions for sustainable use and maintenance of decentralized water systems in rural environments. The Women for Water Partnership was invited to contribute the knowledge and expertise of women and their organizations active in this field. Full story >>
October 15th, 2011
Women speak up during World Water Week in StockholmWomen for Water Partnership was well represented at the Stockholm Water Week in August 2011. Three WfWP steering committee members were active during several sessions. Apart from that, they took part in bilateral conversations with partners and networking activities. Read all about WfWP's Key Messages To Take Home as stated by Chair Alice Bouman-Dentener, about Kusum Athukorala's involvement in the WWAP Advisory Group on Gender Equality and Lesha Witmer's participation in the panel on Water Stewardship. Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
How to lobby? Are you taking advantage of your summer holidays to read up? Well, consider taking this with you: "How to Lobby at International Conferences (for Dummies)” [ 460 kB]. At just 16 sparsely printed pages, you can easily read it in (under) half an hour. Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
Women and Water Policies event Istanbul: During the second Istanbul International Water Week, held from 3 – 6 May 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, BPW, Women for Water and Soroptimists International Turkey organised a side event on women and water policies. Read all about it... Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
Paper on water carrying. In this paper gender differences in water carrying are considered and data about water access and carrying summarized from 44 countries that participated in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) program. Full story >>
March 22nd, 2011
WfWP signs End Water Poverty petition Women for Water Partnership signed a petition that will be handed to representatives of the government of The Netherlands today: World Water Day. The petition urges the Dutch government to make sure that, despite major budgetary cutbacks, water and sanitation for developing countries will remain high on its priorities list. Full story >>
March 10th, 2011
Videos on women and water In many parts of the world, women and girls are responsible for water, sanitation and hygiene in their households. Therefore, it is crucial that they are actively included in the design and management of interventions. TheWaterChannel shows videos to illustrate that. Full story >>
WfWP: preparing for Rio+20As strategic partner of UN-Water, the Women for Water Partnership closely interacts with the UN Water Secretariat in the preparation for the World Summit Rio+20 in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. In this context, WfWP President Alice Bouman-Dentener addressed women’s role in water and food security during the UN Water panel on the opening day of the Bonn nexus conference. Full story >>
October 27th, 2011
“Investing in women leadership is smart economics” The International Conference 'Community and Water Services; challenges for sustainability', was held from September 29th through October 1st in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The conference, the first of its kind in the region, brought together ministers, local authorities, academia and executives from the water sector with 300 delegates from community based organisations to discuss the conditions for sustainable use and maintenance of decentralized water systems in rural environments. The Women for Water Partnership was invited to contribute the knowledge and expertise of women and their organizations active in this field. Full story >>
October 15th, 2011
Women speak up during World Water Week in StockholmWomen for Water Partnership was well represented at the Stockholm Water Week in August 2011. Three WfWP steering committee members were active during several sessions. Apart from that, they took part in bilateral conversations with partners and networking activities. Read all about WfWP's Key Messages To Take Home as stated by Chair Alice Bouman-Dentener, about Kusum Athukorala's involvement in the WWAP Advisory Group on Gender Equality and Lesha Witmer's participation in the panel on Water Stewardship. Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
How to lobby? Are you taking advantage of your summer holidays to read up? Well, consider taking this with you: "How to Lobby at International Conferences (for Dummies)” [ 460 kB]. At just 16 sparsely printed pages, you can easily read it in (under) half an hour. Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
Women and Water Policies event Istanbul: During the second Istanbul International Water Week, held from 3 – 6 May 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, BPW, Women for Water and Soroptimists International Turkey organised a side event on women and water policies. Read all about it... Full story >>
June 1st, 2011
Paper on water carrying. In this paper gender differences in water carrying are considered and data about water access and carrying summarized from 44 countries that participated in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) program. Full story >>
March 22nd, 2011
WfWP signs End Water Poverty petition Women for Water Partnership signed a petition that will be handed to representatives of the government of The Netherlands today: World Water Day. The petition urges the Dutch government to make sure that, despite major budgetary cutbacks, water and sanitation for developing countries will remain high on its priorities list. Full story >>
March 10th, 2011
Videos on women and water In many parts of the world, women and girls are responsible for water, sanitation and hygiene in their households. Therefore, it is crucial that they are actively included in the design and management of interventions. TheWaterChannel shows videos to illustrate that. Full story >>
