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West &
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Central
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Africa
Africa

West and Central Africa faces increased climate impacts,
W es t and Central A frica f aces incr eased clima t e impac ts,
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including
including prolonged drought and unpredictable rainy seasons
olong
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Sahel,
flooding
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fragility
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causing flooding in the Sahel, which also suffers from fragility, ,
causing
violence, and political instability and armed conflict, which
violence, and political ins tability and armed conflic t , which
are expected to increase the number of forcibly displaced
ar e e xpec t ed t o incr ease the number of f or cibly displaced
people in 2024. Women are often most at risk from these
people in 2 0 2 4. W omen ar e oft en mos t a t risk fr om these
conditions. CIWA is working to ensure their equitable
conditions. CIW A is w orking t o ensur e their equitable
participation in water resources decision making in a region
participa tion in w a t er r esour ces decision making in a r e gion
marked by extreme gender inequality, while identifying ving
mark ed b y e xtr eme g ender inequality . CIW A is also impr o
measures to offset these risks. CIWA also is improving water and
w a t er r esour ces manag ement b y identifying in v es tments
resources management by identifying investments and e and capacity gaps.
policy ac tions and addr essing kno wledg
policy actions and addressing knowledge and capacity gaps.
Improving Water Resources
00 Management in West and
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Central Sahel
00 Lake Chad Water Security
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View from the Field:
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00 View from the Field:
Landing Bojang: Protecting
Landing Bojang: Protecting
groundwater from depletion
groundwater from depletion
in the SMAB
in the SMAB
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