Water, the State, and Civil Society: Challenges and Prospects for Environmental Peacebuilding

Date & Time
Jun 17, 2026 | 13.30 - 15.00

Participants
Chair: Ashok Swain, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Imtiaz Ali, University of Massachusetts, Boston (United States)
Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire (United States)
Ghadir Salame, University of Ottawa (Canada)

The Gendered Devastation of Pakistan's Floods: Impacts on Women and Children

Imtiaz Ali, University of Massachusetts-Boston (United States)

The Weaponization of Water by State and Non-State Actors in Syria’s Civil War

Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire (United States)

Framing Gaza’s Water Crisis Through the Israeli Occupation: Political Violence, Livelihoods, and Everyday Resistance

Ghadir Salame, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Transboundary Water Governance as a Catalyst for Peace

Yana Abu Taleb, EcoPeace Middle East (Jordan)
Rana Qaimari, EcoPeace Middle East (Palestine)