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FLASH TALKS - Ripple Effect - Women, Water, and Transformat...
TALK 1 - Listening to Whispers: Menstrual Hygiene Management by Rokeya Ahmed, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, The World Bank. TALK 2 - Empowering Women Water Leaders in South Asia: From Marg...
What it Means to Be a Girl or Woman When Water is Scarce (20...
Climate change is driving a water crisis that disproportionately impacts women and girls. This blog highlights findings from the latest UN World Water Development Report and other studies, revealing t...
Investing in Women: A Game-Changer in Climate-Resilient Irri...
This blog highlights the benefits of closing gender gaps in irrigation, emphasizing how women's participation boosts agricultural productivity and income, nutrition, and human capital for families and...
Women’s Collectives as Champions of Climate Smart Agricultur...
Collective action among women can enhance water efficiency, promote conservation and ensure equitable access to water. This blog outlines women’s collectives’ role in advancing climate-smart agricultu...
Water, Sanitation, and Women’s Empowerment: A Systematic Rev...
This systematic review of 257 peer-reviewed articles, examines how empowerment-related terminology, research locations, methods, and key themes are used in the water and sanitation sector. While empow...
Gender Equality and Water Security: A Conceptual Framework a...
Written for practitioners, this report presents a framework for integrating gender into water projects and provides practical tools for design, analysis, monitoring and evaluation. Using case study ex...
Drinking Water and the Implications for Gender Equity and Em...
This comprehensive review of 1,280 peer-reviewed studies examines how drinking water access, quality, and management impact gender equity across five key dimensions: health, psychosocial stress, polit...
Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Gender in Integrated Water Re...
This paper critically reviews gender mainstreaming in South Asia’s water sector, noting its limited impact due to a narrow understanding of gender. Policymakers often equate gender with women – partic...
From Participation to Empowerment: The Case of Women in Comm...
Despite Bangladesh’s 30% quota for women in water management organizations (WMOs), efforts to empower them have yielded mixed results. This study examines women's participation in WMOs, revealing grea...
Men's Household Water Fetching in India: Gender Inequity is ...
Though traditionally seen as women’s work, men serve as primary fetchers of water in over 20% of households in India, based on 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey data. This study finds that men’s...
Getting to Equal in Water: How to Improve Gender Equality in...
This video highlights the challenges women face in the water sector. It features insights from this baseline report, which inspired the launch of the Equal Aqua Platform and planted the seed for the l...
Women & Water (2023)
This podcast offers an informative discussion on water tenure and how it affects food security, livelihoods, and equitable and sustainable development. Experts from the Environmental Law Institute als...