“Acknowledge the skills and experiences gained by women. Even if that experience was gained in unpaid jobs."
This is the main message of Women for Water Partnership President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen at the Stockholm World Water Week. The Stockholm World Water Week kicked off this morning and was opened by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallströmm. Wallströmm stressed the links between access to water and sanitation with growth, education, economic development and peace. As representative of the world's first feminist government she also emphasized aspects of equality of access for women and girls.
Women for Water Partnership will be active at the world’s leading annual event on water and development. Yesterday, WfWP in collaboration with AquaFed, Borda and ILO, hosted the session: Women and Jobs in the Water Sector: how did she get there? Keynote speaker and Water Prize Laureate, Professor Joan Rose gave an inspiring story on nurturing and maximizing the talent of women in the water sector.
This afternoon, the session The Missing Link- Recognising women's invisible water work will take place. A collaboration between WfWP, SIWI, Borda, AquaFed and ILO. Mrs Jo Anne Geere, from the University of East Anglia, will provide the keynote speech: Are water carriers women? What current data tells us (and doesn’t) about informal and unpaid water provision. Can't be there, but still want to follow the session? Stay tuned on twitter or facebook.
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen: "In all the international and national meetings we are participating we will keep on promoting and emphasizing that women are leaders, agents of change, experts and partners on equal footing with men in the water sector to achieve equitable access to water for all uses. Next we will continue to lobby for Inclusion of women in all levels of decision making and strive for at least 30% to ensure that their voices are being heard. And also that there is more diversity: women and men together can make the change."
Women for Water Partnership will be active at the world’s leading annual event on water and development. Yesterday, WfWP in collaboration with AquaFed, Borda and ILO, hosted the session: Women and Jobs in the Water Sector: how did she get there? Keynote speaker and Water Prize Laureate, Professor Joan Rose gave an inspiring story on nurturing and maximizing the talent of women in the water sector.
This afternoon, the session The Missing Link- Recognising women's invisible water work will take place. A collaboration between WfWP, SIWI, Borda, AquaFed and ILO. Mrs Jo Anne Geere, from the University of East Anglia, will provide the keynote speech: Are water carriers women? What current data tells us (and doesn’t) about informal and unpaid water provision. Can't be there, but still want to follow the session? Stay tuned on twitter or facebook.
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen: "In all the international and national meetings we are participating we will keep on promoting and emphasizing that women are leaders, agents of change, experts and partners on equal footing with men in the water sector to achieve equitable access to water for all uses. Next we will continue to lobby for Inclusion of women in all levels of decision making and strive for at least 30% to ensure that their voices are being heard. And also that there is more diversity: women and men together can make the change."
Interested to know more about the relationship between work and water?
Professor Jayati Ghosh of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi explains that not recognizing and formalizing work in water is damaging to the worker and counterproductive to economic growth. Professor Ghosh was guest speaker at an ILO organized panel discussion on water and work at the Stockholm World Water Week 2015. Listen to her clear explanations:
Professor Jayati Ghosh of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi explains that not recognizing and formalizing work in water is damaging to the worker and counterproductive to economic growth. Professor Ghosh was guest speaker at an ILO organized panel discussion on water and work at the Stockholm World Water Week 2015. Listen to her clear explanations:
