W-PLUS was founded in 1997 as an association of women professionals in the land use sector in Nepal. Its 200 members have professional backgrounds in agriculture, forestry, engineering, planning, and sociology. W-PLUS aims to contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources in Nepal, and to increase women’s contributions in the sector by creating a platform for sharing, exchange, and building the capacity of women in the country.
Few people in Nepal know that the provision of safe water and sanitation is a human right. In order to bring about change on both local and national levels, there is a need to raise awareness of the rights established in Article 16 of the Constitution. W-PLUS builds such awareness and fosters women’s leadership in water and sanitation, and enables their involvement in decision-making processes to help implement the human right to water and sanitation throughout the country.
WPLUS Factsheet
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awplus
Few people in Nepal know that the provision of safe water and sanitation is a human right. In order to bring about change on both local and national levels, there is a need to raise awareness of the rights established in Article 16 of the Constitution. W-PLUS builds such awareness and fosters women’s leadership in water and sanitation, and enables their involvement in decision-making processes to help implement the human right to water and sanitation throughout the country.
WPLUS Factsheet
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awplus
