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CIWA 2.0: Pathways to Impact

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

he vision of the CIWA GESI that were endorsed by their respective
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Framework is equal and inclusive senior managements. GESI training was GESI—Information:
transboundary water institutions and provided to three centers (NELSAP,
programs in SSA that are committed ENTRO and LVBC) that was tailored to CIWA collects, enhances, and
and able to create equal opportunities each participating center. It included disseminates information on
for women and men to be agents of core concepts for GESI in development inequalities related to gender and
change and decision makers in work, case study applications for social inclusion to guide the
transboundary water operations. maximizing GESI in activity design and development of equitable and inclusive
Patriarchal norms and gender implementation, and consideration of solutions. CIWA will gather and analyze
stereotypes reinforce gender inequality institutional/workplace practices for quantitative and qualitative data on GESI
at the household, community, and work improved GESI. inequalities to develop and disseminate
levels, and discriminatory experiences information aimed at guiding the
cause women to be underrepresented as Activities incorporating explicit actions development of equitable and inclusive
leaders and decision makers in to challenge gender and social norms solutions for women and men from
transboundary water resources can include training to foster an diverse backgrounds in transboundary
institutions. Without addressing harmful understanding about how to address water resources. CIWA supports decision
patriarchal norms, women and men patriarchal norms that can limit makers and planners for regional WRM
cannot participate equitably in WRM women’s representation or to and development to have access to and
fields, and gender-blind investments collaborate with Equal Aqua, the to integrate reliable, relevant, and timely
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propagate these inequalities. This World Bank platform that promotes information about GESI that both affect
transformative approach acknowledges women’s empowerment and inclusion and are affected by the intersection of
the need to undertake multiple in water-sector jobs. It could include potential investments and climate
interventions across different sectors creating mentorship opportunities or change, biodiversity, livelihoods, and
to shift deep-seated norms that internships for women and other other crosscutting issues.
impede women’s empowerment and vulnerable populations. These activities,
equitable participation as leaders and such as providing training and This will be measured by the indicator:
decision makers. networking to women engineers or Activities incorporating
identifying men in the male-dominated disaggregated quantitative and
The nature of the integration of a GESI- water sector who are willing to take qualitative information to
responsive transformative approach concrete steps to improve the enabling challenge gender and social
depends on the activity. If, for example, environments for women at the norms and increase women's
the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is hosting the institutional and programmatic level representation and leadership
Nile Basin Discourse Forum (NBDF), then including through CIWA’s Male in technical fields related to
integrating GESI could include such Champions for Women’s Empowerment transboundary water resources
actions as facilitating the active initiative, are key to meaningful change. management and development
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participation of women at all levels from Similarly to the NCCR, the countries of (CIWA 2.0 IR indicator 4) and
diverse backgrounds in the conference; the Regional Climate Resilience Program
inviting relevant women’s groups to are also being trained in GESI and the People trained on GESI in
attend, speak, and join Equal Aqua platform, and this year the transboundary water resources
community-based organizations and support will be further scaled up with the management and development
NGO delegations; and advocating for the Women in Water Resilience diagnostic. (CIWA 2.0 IR indicator 2.a).
integration of GESI in the program. It
could include offering day care services,
providing ways for women to participate
virtually, performing a stakeholder
satisfaction survey that disaggregates by
gender and social groups, and developing
a costed action plan that improves the
enabling environment for women’s future
participation. Moreover, each of the five
agencies implementing the Nile
Cooperation for Climate Resilience
(NCCR)project now has a gender focal
point and gender engagement plans

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