September 3rd, 2012
Kusum Athukorala wins 2012 Women in Water Award: Women for Water congratulates her Steering Committee member Kusum Athukorala on winning the 2012 Women in Water Award for Leadership Development. “Kusum is a pioneer woman in the water sector”, WfWP’s President Alice Bouman-Dentener comments. “Winning the Women in Water Award is a much deserved acknowledgement of her work.” Based in Sri Lanka, Ms Athukorala is a multidisciplinary skilled researcher and advocacy specialist. Full story >>
July 24th, 2012
NetWwater launches Women Leadership program: The latest NetWwater project is a training and empowerment program for women community leaders involved in water resources management at grassroots level in rural Sri Lanka. “We plan for eight such programs by March 2013, including at least three programs in the former conflict areas”, NetWwater chair Kusum Athukorala says. “Discussions on gender and water, female headed households (23% in Sri Lanka right now), water quality and alternate irrigation for home gardens will take over where once mortars, land mines and AK47s reigned.” Full story >>
July 17th, 2012
Katosi Women win Rio+20 award: The Women for Water Partnership congratulates the Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT) on winning the 'Women's Rio+20 Good Practice Award, in Water and Sanitation'. It is their second prize in just a short span of time, since they also won the Kyoto award at the 6th World Water Forum held in March. If you want to know what makes them special, please do read on. Full story >>
June 15th, 2012
WfWP and Rio+20: side-event on UN Watercourses Convention: WfWP co-organized the Rio+20 side-event titled ‘Transboundary waters, climate change and good governance: what role for the UN Watercourses Convention (UNWC)?’ together with the governments of Finland, Nigeria and Norway, Green Cross International, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Full story >>
June 12th, 2012
WfWP and Rio+20: Prepping the Dutch special Women's delegate: WfWP helped prep the Dutch government's special Women's delegate for Rio+20, Jolein Baidenmann, and briefed her on the pivotal and central role of women in sustainable development. Ever since 1946, WfWP member NVR (the Netherlands Women's Council) has been trusted to selecting and prepare the government's special Women's delegate. Full story >>
February 24th, 2012
WfWP warns: there's a hole in the bucket! When moving from vision to action / from policies to implementation, the principal actors change. On the eve of World Water Forum 6 we, the Women for Water Partnership, would like to share our concerns with all stakeholders at the forum: There is a hole in the bucket! Read all about what it takes to plug that hole. Full story >>
February 10th, 2012
Women are Agents of Change, the Honourable Melanne Verveer advocatesThe Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56) will convene in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012. The theme 'Empowerment of Rural Women and their role in the eradication of poverty and hunger' is very much at the heart of the work of Women for Water Partnership and its member organisations. And the review theme 'financing for women’s development' is a major area of concern. It is our please to share with you a special video message on Women Leadership, by Honourary Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues. “Women have a critical leadership role to play in sustainable development, particularly in regards to access to clean water and sanitation”, she says, and that is just the beginning of her message. Be sure to listen to the rest of it too. Full story >>
Kusum Athukorala wins 2012 Women in Water Award: Women for Water congratulates her Steering Committee member Kusum Athukorala on winning the 2012 Women in Water Award for Leadership Development. “Kusum is a pioneer woman in the water sector”, WfWP’s President Alice Bouman-Dentener comments. “Winning the Women in Water Award is a much deserved acknowledgement of her work.” Based in Sri Lanka, Ms Athukorala is a multidisciplinary skilled researcher and advocacy specialist. Full story >>
July 24th, 2012
NetWwater launches Women Leadership program: The latest NetWwater project is a training and empowerment program for women community leaders involved in water resources management at grassroots level in rural Sri Lanka. “We plan for eight such programs by March 2013, including at least three programs in the former conflict areas”, NetWwater chair Kusum Athukorala says. “Discussions on gender and water, female headed households (23% in Sri Lanka right now), water quality and alternate irrigation for home gardens will take over where once mortars, land mines and AK47s reigned.” Full story >>
July 17th, 2012
Katosi Women win Rio+20 award: The Women for Water Partnership congratulates the Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT) on winning the 'Women's Rio+20 Good Practice Award, in Water and Sanitation'. It is their second prize in just a short span of time, since they also won the Kyoto award at the 6th World Water Forum held in March. If you want to know what makes them special, please do read on. Full story >>
June 15th, 2012
WfWP and Rio+20: side-event on UN Watercourses Convention: WfWP co-organized the Rio+20 side-event titled ‘Transboundary waters, climate change and good governance: what role for the UN Watercourses Convention (UNWC)?’ together with the governments of Finland, Nigeria and Norway, Green Cross International, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Full story >>
June 12th, 2012
WfWP and Rio+20: Prepping the Dutch special Women's delegate: WfWP helped prep the Dutch government's special Women's delegate for Rio+20, Jolein Baidenmann, and briefed her on the pivotal and central role of women in sustainable development. Ever since 1946, WfWP member NVR (the Netherlands Women's Council) has been trusted to selecting and prepare the government's special Women's delegate. Full story >>
February 24th, 2012
WfWP warns: there's a hole in the bucket! When moving from vision to action / from policies to implementation, the principal actors change. On the eve of World Water Forum 6 we, the Women for Water Partnership, would like to share our concerns with all stakeholders at the forum: There is a hole in the bucket! Read all about what it takes to plug that hole. Full story >>
February 10th, 2012
Women are Agents of Change, the Honourable Melanne Verveer advocatesThe Commission on the Status of Women (CSW56) will convene in New York from 27 February to 9 March 2012. The theme 'Empowerment of Rural Women and their role in the eradication of poverty and hunger' is very much at the heart of the work of Women for Water Partnership and its member organisations. And the review theme 'financing for women’s development' is a major area of concern. It is our please to share with you a special video message on Women Leadership, by Honourary Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues. “Women have a critical leadership role to play in sustainable development, particularly in regards to access to clean water and sanitation”, she says, and that is just the beginning of her message. Be sure to listen to the rest of it too. Full story >>
