December 7th, 2015
WfWPs member NetWwater's Jalavahini project is a finalist of the “Gender Just Climate Solution Awards” in the category non-technical solutions. Congratulations to NetWwater! Full story >>
November 30th, 2015
COP 21 and Women: WfWP is keenly awaiting the new global accord on climate. If this accord is to succeed, it is imperative that it takes into account the disproportionate effects of climate change on women. Full story >>
November 30th, 2015
UN WWAP UNESCO Toolkit on "Gender and Water "If you are passionate about gender and water issues, get involved" Full story >>
November 19th, 2015
World Toilet Day: For young girls and women in particular, a clean and safe toilet means personal security, better health, educational and economic opportunities, and - as importantly - dignity. Full story >>
November 18th, 2015
Join the #Climateiswater initiative. Acknowledge and join the initiative as a partner by using the logo and the hashtag #ClimateIsWater in association with your actions and events or social media platforms. Full story >>
November 17th, 2015
WfWP president Mariet Verhoef Cohen participates in the biggest-ever Dutch trade mission to the Republic of South Africa, headed by Dutch Prime Minister Rutte. Water is a special subject in the mission. Full story >>
November 16th, 2015
Together with UNEP and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) hosted a 2 day conference on the implementation of the SDG's. Women for Water Partnership was well represented. Full story >>
November 2nd, 2015
WfWP and the General Assembly are mentioned in the Sri Lankan paper Ceylon Today. Full story >>
October 26th, 2015
Making it happen: ending inequalities and ensuring sanitation, water and hygiene for all as a basis for achieving the SDGs. Participants at the opening week of the 70th UN General Assembly took part in an energetic side-event to discuss the importance of reaching universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The discussion focused on ending inequalities, and on the importance of gender equality in particular. Full story >>
October 15th, 2015
Global Handwashing Day: a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Full story >>
October 7th, 2015
WfWPs annual General Assembly takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 10th and 11th of October, 2015 Full story >>
October 3rd, 2015
Implementing SDG5 & 6 together: Access to and control over natural resources and especially water as key factor for women’s empowerment and equality. Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, President Women for Water Partnership, was one of the panelist during the side event “Making it Happen” in NY in the framework of the UN Summit that approved the Sustainable Development Goals and the transformative agenda for 2030. Full story >>
September 30th, 2015
26 civil society organisations have joined hands and have sent 11 recommendations to Minister Ploumen of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The recommendations cover various topics such as access, sustainability, governance and finance for clean drinking water and toilets. Full story >>
September 21st, 2015
New World Water Monitoring Challenge Tool Kit: Untill the end of November NGO's can apply for a basic test kit that includes enough materials to conduct up to 50 rounds of testing for pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and turbidity. Full story >>
September 9th, 2015
Outcome Document High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, 2005-2015: The primary objective of the Conference was a comprehensive discussion of the issues of implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, 2005-2015. Full story >>
September 8th, 2015
Victory for citizens, victory for the Human Right to Water: This victory is for the supporters of the Right to Water and also for democracy in the European Union. Full story >>
August 29th, 2015
Stockholm World Water Week 2015: World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. This year is the jubilee year for both the Week and the Stockholm Water Prize. The theme is Water for Development. In 2014, over 3,000 individuals and 270 convening organizations from 143 countries participated in the Week. Full story >>
August 29th, 2015
Don’t cheat on us! Gender dimensions in water corruptionSession Recap. Women and men have unequal access and control over water. Women and men are also unequally affected by corruption- a vice which continues to plague the water sector. Full story >>
August 24th, 2015
Women for Water. Every Woman Counts. Every Second Counts Session recap. Women are the most powerful drivers of change. They are agents of hope and solidarity, mothers to humanity, often carry the heaviest burdens and possess priceless knowledge and experience. Full story >>
August 24th, 2015
Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference: Please see the Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference “Means and Tools for Implementation and the roles of Different Actors: Outcomes of the Zaragoza Conference Water and Sustainable Development 2015." Full story >>
August 13th, 2015
WfWP member NetWwater has conducted a training on the 18th of July in Sri Lanka on non toxic climate-smart agriculture. In their newsletter the participants of the training tell stories about their experiences and the use of the training. Full story >>
August 4th, 2015
Portraying Women Leadership in Water Cooperation is a comprehensive programm WfWP is doing together with UN Women. See interview with Dr. Deepthi Wickramasinghe here. Full story >>
June 22nd, 2015
The World Water Council has made a video wherein World Water Council members explain how they work together towards making water security a reality for all. Full story >>
June 16th, 2015
WfWP Honorary Founding President, Alice Bouman-Dentener, has been proclaimed as one of the Decade's action heroes by UN Water Full story >>
June 12th, 2015
Outcomes of the High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015. Pre-Conference Event 1: Women Water Forum. Women for a water secure world under the Post 2015 global agenda for sustainable development. Full story >>
June 10th, 2015
Dutch civil society organisations support call on UN to include human right to water in post-2015 agenda. WfWP expresses her views on the human right to water and sanitation. Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
On the 9th was the opening ceremony of High-Level International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action "Water for Life" in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Among the speakers was Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005 -2015 Pre-conference: Women Water Forum Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
Launch Publications UN Women, UNW-DPAC, UNU INWEH, WfWP; “Inclusion of women increases effectiveness and efficiency” is one of the conclusions of the publication: Women as Agents of Change in Water: reflections on experiences from the field. Full story >>
June 8th, 2015
Ministers from OECD’s 34 member countries welcomed the OECD Principles on Water Governance, which set standards for more effective, efficient and inclusive design and implementation of water policies, and encouraged governments to put them into action. Full story >>
May 28th, 2015
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Full story >>
May 18th, 2015
Women for Water would like to represent our new brochure with you. Full story >>
April 29th, 2015
The Annual Report 2014 is available, but for those who would like to see in a nutshell what Women for Water Partnership has done the previous year, hereby the highlights of 2014 Full story >>
April 28th, 2015
Women for Water Partnerships member Katosi Women Development Trust is partnering with the Ministry of Water and Environment to upscale rainwater harvesting. Full story >>
April 26th, 2015
How can you support the recognition of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the political Declaration of the Post-2015 Development Agenda? Full story >>
April 15th, 2015
Women for Water Partnership and the Global Water Partnership have made their cooperation official as of today with a MOU. Full story >>
April 15th, 2015
Together with UNESCO IHP, Women for Water Partnership organised the session: Women for Water: Agents of change for a new culture of water. Full story >>
March 23rd, 2015
The World Water Development Report (WWDR) has been released. The development of the WWDR is coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). WfWP is part of the working group gender disaggregated data of the WWAP Full story >>
March 21st, 2015
World Water Day 2015: A day for Water and Water for Sustainable Development. Water is key for women’s empowerment and economic development. Full story >>
March 20th, 2015
South African Minister of Water and Sanitation strongly supports Sustainable Development Goals on Water and Equity. The event “Women and Water diplomacy” was organized by Women for Water Partnership, BPWI and SEI and hosted by the Netherlands Mission to the UN. Full story >>
March 16th, 2015
On the occasion of International Women's Day and World Water Day, UNESCO-IHE and Women for Water Partnership organized a conference on sustainable food security. Full story >>
February 2nd, 2015
WfWP's Strategic Partner Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She wrote an article "Why we need new allies for gender equality" and held a Q&A session: How can we make the world better for women? Full story >>
February 1st, 2015
WfWP member Tanzanian Gender Networking Programme has published their monthly updates “TGNP Mtandao Monthly” for September and December 2014. Full story >>
January 28th, 2015
Ruchira Gupta from India, founder of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, has been awarded the annual NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Woman of Distinction Award. Full story >>
January 27th, 2015
WfWP proudly announces that our Steering Committee member Diana Iskreva is recently elected as the deputy Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Protocol on Water and Health. Full story >>
January 20th, 2015
Views on progress, best practices and lessons learnt during the International decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005 – 2015: A retrospection by Alice Bouman-Dentener, Honarary Founding President of WfWP. Full story >>
January 19th, 2015
Interview with Alice Bouman-Dentener at 2015 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference. WfWP's Honorary Founding President expressed her views in Zaragoza on the conference and on implementing sustainable water. Full story >>
January 17th, 2015
Women for Water Partnership coordinated civil society pillar at the 2015 annual UN Water conference. The annual UN Water conference, which is organised by the UN Water for Life Decade Programme (UNW-DPAC) took place from 15 to 17 January in Zaragoza, Spain. Full story >>
WfWPs member NetWwater's Jalavahini project is a finalist of the “Gender Just Climate Solution Awards” in the category non-technical solutions. Congratulations to NetWwater! Full story >>
November 30th, 2015
COP 21 and Women: WfWP is keenly awaiting the new global accord on climate. If this accord is to succeed, it is imperative that it takes into account the disproportionate effects of climate change on women. Full story >>
November 30th, 2015
UN WWAP UNESCO Toolkit on "Gender and Water "If you are passionate about gender and water issues, get involved" Full story >>
November 19th, 2015
World Toilet Day: For young girls and women in particular, a clean and safe toilet means personal security, better health, educational and economic opportunities, and - as importantly - dignity. Full story >>
November 18th, 2015
Join the #Climateiswater initiative. Acknowledge and join the initiative as a partner by using the logo and the hashtag #ClimateIsWater in association with your actions and events or social media platforms. Full story >>
November 17th, 2015
WfWP president Mariet Verhoef Cohen participates in the biggest-ever Dutch trade mission to the Republic of South Africa, headed by Dutch Prime Minister Rutte. Water is a special subject in the mission. Full story >>
November 16th, 2015
Together with UNEP and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) hosted a 2 day conference on the implementation of the SDG's. Women for Water Partnership was well represented. Full story >>
November 2nd, 2015
WfWP and the General Assembly are mentioned in the Sri Lankan paper Ceylon Today. Full story >>
October 26th, 2015
Making it happen: ending inequalities and ensuring sanitation, water and hygiene for all as a basis for achieving the SDGs. Participants at the opening week of the 70th UN General Assembly took part in an energetic side-event to discuss the importance of reaching universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to the achievement of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The discussion focused on ending inequalities, and on the importance of gender equality in particular. Full story >>
October 15th, 2015
Global Handwashing Day: a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Full story >>
October 7th, 2015
WfWPs annual General Assembly takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the 10th and 11th of October, 2015 Full story >>
October 3rd, 2015
Implementing SDG5 & 6 together: Access to and control over natural resources and especially water as key factor for women’s empowerment and equality. Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, President Women for Water Partnership, was one of the panelist during the side event “Making it Happen” in NY in the framework of the UN Summit that approved the Sustainable Development Goals and the transformative agenda for 2030. Full story >>
September 30th, 2015
26 civil society organisations have joined hands and have sent 11 recommendations to Minister Ploumen of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The recommendations cover various topics such as access, sustainability, governance and finance for clean drinking water and toilets. Full story >>
September 21st, 2015
New World Water Monitoring Challenge Tool Kit: Untill the end of November NGO's can apply for a basic test kit that includes enough materials to conduct up to 50 rounds of testing for pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and turbidity. Full story >>
September 9th, 2015
Outcome Document High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, 2005-2015: The primary objective of the Conference was a comprehensive discussion of the issues of implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life”, 2005-2015. Full story >>
September 8th, 2015
Victory for citizens, victory for the Human Right to Water: This victory is for the supporters of the Right to Water and also for democracy in the European Union. Full story >>
August 29th, 2015
Stockholm World Water Week 2015: World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues. It is organized by SIWI. This year is the jubilee year for both the Week and the Stockholm Water Prize. The theme is Water for Development. In 2014, over 3,000 individuals and 270 convening organizations from 143 countries participated in the Week. Full story >>
August 29th, 2015
Don’t cheat on us! Gender dimensions in water corruptionSession Recap. Women and men have unequal access and control over water. Women and men are also unequally affected by corruption- a vice which continues to plague the water sector. Full story >>
August 24th, 2015
Women for Water. Every Woman Counts. Every Second Counts Session recap. Women are the most powerful drivers of change. They are agents of hope and solidarity, mothers to humanity, often carry the heaviest burdens and possess priceless knowledge and experience. Full story >>
August 24th, 2015
Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference: Please see the Report of the 2015 UN-Water Zaragoza Conference “Means and Tools for Implementation and the roles of Different Actors: Outcomes of the Zaragoza Conference Water and Sustainable Development 2015." Full story >>
August 13th, 2015
WfWP member NetWwater has conducted a training on the 18th of July in Sri Lanka on non toxic climate-smart agriculture. In their newsletter the participants of the training tell stories about their experiences and the use of the training. Full story >>
August 4th, 2015
Portraying Women Leadership in Water Cooperation is a comprehensive programm WfWP is doing together with UN Women. See interview with Dr. Deepthi Wickramasinghe here. Full story >>
June 22nd, 2015
The World Water Council has made a video wherein World Water Council members explain how they work together towards making water security a reality for all. Full story >>
June 16th, 2015
WfWP Honorary Founding President, Alice Bouman-Dentener, has been proclaimed as one of the Decade's action heroes by UN Water Full story >>
June 12th, 2015
Outcomes of the High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015. Pre-Conference Event 1: Women Water Forum. Women for a water secure world under the Post 2015 global agenda for sustainable development. Full story >>
June 10th, 2015
Dutch civil society organisations support call on UN to include human right to water in post-2015 agenda. WfWP expresses her views on the human right to water and sanitation. Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
On the 9th was the opening ceremony of High-Level International Conference on Implementation of International Decade for Action "Water for Life" in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Among the speakers was Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005 -2015 Pre-conference: Women Water Forum Full story >>
June 9th, 2015
Launch Publications UN Women, UNW-DPAC, UNU INWEH, WfWP; “Inclusion of women increases effectiveness and efficiency” is one of the conclusions of the publication: Women as Agents of Change in Water: reflections on experiences from the field. Full story >>
June 8th, 2015
Ministers from OECD’s 34 member countries welcomed the OECD Principles on Water Governance, which set standards for more effective, efficient and inclusive design and implementation of water policies, and encouraged governments to put them into action. Full story >>
May 28th, 2015
Menstrual Hygiene Day will help to break the silence and build awareness about the fundamental role that good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) plays in enabling women and girls to reach their full potential. Full story >>
May 18th, 2015
Women for Water would like to represent our new brochure with you. Full story >>
April 29th, 2015
The Annual Report 2014 is available, but for those who would like to see in a nutshell what Women for Water Partnership has done the previous year, hereby the highlights of 2014 Full story >>
April 28th, 2015
Women for Water Partnerships member Katosi Women Development Trust is partnering with the Ministry of Water and Environment to upscale rainwater harvesting. Full story >>
April 26th, 2015
How can you support the recognition of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the political Declaration of the Post-2015 Development Agenda? Full story >>
April 15th, 2015
Women for Water Partnership and the Global Water Partnership have made their cooperation official as of today with a MOU. Full story >>
April 15th, 2015
Together with UNESCO IHP, Women for Water Partnership organised the session: Women for Water: Agents of change for a new culture of water. Full story >>
March 23rd, 2015
The World Water Development Report (WWDR) has been released. The development of the WWDR is coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP). WfWP is part of the working group gender disaggregated data of the WWAP Full story >>
March 21st, 2015
World Water Day 2015: A day for Water and Water for Sustainable Development. Water is key for women’s empowerment and economic development. Full story >>
March 20th, 2015
South African Minister of Water and Sanitation strongly supports Sustainable Development Goals on Water and Equity. The event “Women and Water diplomacy” was organized by Women for Water Partnership, BPWI and SEI and hosted by the Netherlands Mission to the UN. Full story >>
March 16th, 2015
On the occasion of International Women's Day and World Water Day, UNESCO-IHE and Women for Water Partnership organized a conference on sustainable food security. Full story >>
February 2nd, 2015
WfWP's Strategic Partner Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women. She wrote an article "Why we need new allies for gender equality" and held a Q&A session: How can we make the world better for women? Full story >>
February 1st, 2015
WfWP member Tanzanian Gender Networking Programme has published their monthly updates “TGNP Mtandao Monthly” for September and December 2014. Full story >>
January 28th, 2015
Ruchira Gupta from India, founder of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, has been awarded the annual NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Woman of Distinction Award. Full story >>
January 27th, 2015
WfWP proudly announces that our Steering Committee member Diana Iskreva is recently elected as the deputy Chair of the Compliance Committee of the Protocol on Water and Health. Full story >>
January 20th, 2015
Views on progress, best practices and lessons learnt during the International decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005 – 2015: A retrospection by Alice Bouman-Dentener, Honarary Founding President of WfWP. Full story >>
January 19th, 2015
Interview with Alice Bouman-Dentener at 2015 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference. WfWP's Honorary Founding President expressed her views in Zaragoza on the conference and on implementing sustainable water. Full story >>
January 17th, 2015
Women for Water Partnership coordinated civil society pillar at the 2015 annual UN Water conference. The annual UN Water conference, which is organised by the UN Water for Life Decade Programme (UNW-DPAC) took place from 15 to 17 January in Zaragoza, Spain. Full story >>
