Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is Pledge for Parity. The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. Then one year later in 2015, they estimated that a slowdown in the already glacial pace of progress meant the gender gap wouldn't close entirely until 2133.
Women for Water Partnership is determined to combat this sombre prediction, focusing on safe access to water as an entry point to empowering women, girls and their organisations. Our members strive day in day out tirelessly for a water secure world in which women are heard and empowered to exercise their full potential to achieve equitable and sustainable development.
This month WfWP for example co-hosts three key sessions at the CWS60 (Commission on the Status of Women) in New York. Among which a high-level event highlighting the importance of parity in water diplomacy. More and more women are academically qualified for careers in the water sector (hydrology, civil engineering etc.), but this is not automatically reflected by an increase of jobs held by women at management level in the water sector.
The Sustainable Development Goals have been adopted in 2015, and we now have to focus on implementation. In this light, it is important to pay attention to the role and influence of women in the implementation of SDG 6 (about water) and SDG 5 (about gender equity). What are favourable conditions to increase participation, how can they increase influence and what are bottlenecks we need to overcome?
We pledge to find answers for these crucial questions. We pledge we will never accept that global gender parity has to wait for yet another century!
The global hub for events celebrating International Women's Day can be found at internationalwomensday.com
Women for Water Partnership is determined to combat this sombre prediction, focusing on safe access to water as an entry point to empowering women, girls and their organisations. Our members strive day in day out tirelessly for a water secure world in which women are heard and empowered to exercise their full potential to achieve equitable and sustainable development.
This month WfWP for example co-hosts three key sessions at the CWS60 (Commission on the Status of Women) in New York. Among which a high-level event highlighting the importance of parity in water diplomacy. More and more women are academically qualified for careers in the water sector (hydrology, civil engineering etc.), but this is not automatically reflected by an increase of jobs held by women at management level in the water sector.
The Sustainable Development Goals have been adopted in 2015, and we now have to focus on implementation. In this light, it is important to pay attention to the role and influence of women in the implementation of SDG 6 (about water) and SDG 5 (about gender equity). What are favourable conditions to increase participation, how can they increase influence and what are bottlenecks we need to overcome?
We pledge to find answers for these crucial questions. We pledge we will never accept that global gender parity has to wait for yet another century!
The global hub for events celebrating International Women's Day can be found at internationalwomensday.com
