Empowering Women in Water Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa

Mar 15, 2021 | Geneva Water Hub
Online
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Since the launch of the report of the Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace “A Matter of Survival” in 2017, the implementation of its recommendations has thrown the light and supported the importance of looking at the role of women water leaders in peacebuilding, and resolution of conflicts, using new mechanisms of water diplomacy. Indeed, the role of gender in hydrodiplomacy is under-studied, and there is a need for the empowerment, in particular of the role of women in water diplomacy and water cooperation decision making and negotiations.

The Geneva Water Hub (GWH) and the Global Water Partnership Mediterranean (GWP-med) have jointly conducted a Comparative Study that applies a gender lens to the challenges of decision making on water security and transboundary cooperation issues in the MENA region. In celebration of both International Women’s Day, and World Water Day 2021, a virtual launching event is co-organized by the GWP-Med and the GWH, within the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Water Policy Framework for Actions 2030.

Who: Geneva Water Hub

Where:  Online

When: 15 March 2021      Time: 01:00 PM CET