Gender Panel: Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally
Event Summary
Recognizing the crucial need for collective action at the intersection of gender and water issues, we hope that you will join us for this important discussion.
Event Details
About the Event:
Recognizing the urgent need for concerted efforts in addressing the intersectionality of gender and water issues, our International Development Week 2024 panel on ‘Navigating Gender and Water Challenges Globally’ seeks to shed light on initiatives taken by organizations and experts from across the globe.
The gendered impact of lack of safe and accessible water poses a serious equality issue. Thus, the focus of this panel will be on providing insights into global and local commitments on gender and water, positive and sustainable transformations advocating for gender-inclusive water management strategies including WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) priorities, youth perspectives on water and gender, women’s water leadership and mitigating the disproportionate impacts of water-related challenges on women and girls.
Recognizing the crucial need for collective action at the intersection of gender and water issues, we hope that you will join us for this important discussion.
Interpretation: The languages of this event will be English and French; interpretation services will be offered
Meet the Contributors:
Opening Remarks:
– Dominic O’Neill, Executive Director, United Nations Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
Moderator:
– Nina Bianchi, Project Manager, International Secretariat for Water
Panelists:
– Dr. Grace Oluwasanya, Water, Gender, and Climate Lead, United Nations University-Institute for Water, Environment and Health
– Adnan Ibne Abdul Qader, Climate and Water Governance Specialist, WaterAid Bangladesh
– Ann Turinayo, Country Director, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Burkina Faso
