Accelerating Gender Equality in the Water Domain

Aug 25, 2021 | Women for Water Partnership
Online
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Unlocking gender equality progress in water needs solid knowledge, practical solutions, and collaborative and immediate action. The Convenors will present a multi-stakeholder Call for Action for accelerating progress towards gender equality in the water domain and building just and resilient societies. Climate, social and health crises make this call urgent.

25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and 10 years to the end-date of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UNESCO WWAP carried out an extensive analysis of gender-related achievements and challenges in the water domain. The outcomes clearly suggest that despite advances at policy-level, progress in the fulfilment of the basic right of gender equality in water and sanitation is not on track. Simultaneously, women are underrepresented in terms of employment and participation to water-related decision-making at all levels. In light of this, a multi-stakeholder coalition led by UNESCO WWAP is facilitating a coordinated ‘Call for Action to Accelerate Gender Equality in the Water Domain’. The coalition consists of Member States institutions, UN agencies, international and regional organizations, NGOs, ODAs, private sector and civil society. The Call not only aims to raise broad awareness on related issues, but particularly urges decision-makers, leaders and private sector to break with business-as-usual by recommending concrete actions to advance gender equality in the water domain.

This session will present the supporting technical publications and the participatory Call for Action, accompanied by a discussion of strategies, good practices, methods and strategies to overcome the challenges for gender inequalities in water.

Who: Women for Water Partnership

Where: Online

When: 25 August 2021   Time: 09:00 PM CEST