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Gender Equality and social inclusion framework

GESI Technical Support to CIWA Partners Videos
(NELSAP-CU and ENTRO)

CIWA has provided direct support to CIWA partners to Ethiopia Bisrat: A Water Resources Engineer Story:
mainstream gender as another way to foster a Ethiopia Bisrat, Water Resources Engineer from Ethiopia
shares her experience as an ENTRO participant, how it
transformative approach to tackling gender inequality and built her capacity and helped define her career path.
social inclusion. In addition to providing training on gender
and social inclusion, NELSAP-CU, ENTRO and LVBC were Woman Engineer Paves the Way for Groundwater
coached on how to develop a costed Gender Action Plan Access in Chongwe district, Zambia: Eng. Beatrice
(GAP). The GAP will serve as a cornerstone to guide the Kanyamuna-Pole, Senior Hydrogeologist, in the
Department of Water Resource Development, Zambia
efforts of each organization to render the internal work shares her journey as a woman contributing to the
environment more gender-responsive and family friendly water sector.
thereby increasing the degree and level of participation of
women as decision makers and leaders within these Young Women take Charge of Managing Africa’s Water
institutions. CIWA also supported the development of a Resources: Amna Omer used to be the Program
Coordinator of Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office
GESI Mainstreaming Strategy for SADC’s Groundwater (ENTRO), a CIWA-funded internship program. She
Management Institute (SADC-GMI) which has been believes that this Internship program is providing a
implemented since late 2021. unique opportunity and exposure to young people.
Monitoring and Evaluation Work SIWI Takeaway Two: Gender and Social Inclusion:
Watch our takeaway series video on the CIWA
Building upon the findings from the baseline study that participation to World Water Week 2022 in
Stockholm, Sweden.
was conducted in 2020, CIWA is continuing to monitor
and assess its performance in terms of mainstreaming International Woman Day 2022: Ellen Hagerman gives
GESI into the programsand institutions that it supports. In us an overview of CIWA’s engagements towards GESI:
2022, CIWA commissioned an external mid-term In advancing more elevated professional roles for
women in the transboundary water field today, senior
evaluation of its program, which favorably assessed gender specialist Ellen Hagerman points to the
CIWA’s effortsto integrate GESI into its programming. importance of positioning women as leaders.
CIWA has developed a new GESI indicator and has also
been providing input into the development of a case study
being preparedby the Africa Regional Climate and Nature
Programme ARCAN Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Podcast
Unit.
Across the Pond podcast: conversation with Reginalda
Communications and Awareness Raising Joseph: Reginalda Joseph, Hydrogeologist, Ministry of
Blogs Agriculture, Water and Land Reform, Namibia shares
her journey as a woman in the water sector and explains
how women can break the barriers. Listen to CIWA’s
first exciting podcast.
Glass half-full: an equal share for women in
decisions on 60% of the world’s freshwater: This
blog was published for International Women’s CIWA’s Male Champion’s For Women’s
Day 2024 with the theme of investing in women Empowerment
to speed up gender equality.
The CIWA GESI Framework committed to actions aimed
CIWA launches Male Champions for women’s at identifying which stakeholders within the wider
empowerment initiative to transform gender program can effect changes to address negative social
inequalities in transboundary waters: This blog
gives an overview on the genesis of the CIWA norms or play a championship role in encouraging
initiative launched in 2023: the Male Champions women’s active participation at the institutional and
for Woman’s Empowerment. project level. In June 2023, CIWA launched a pilot
initiative entitled the Male Champion Forum which has
Leaving no one behind, reflections on CIWA’s since been renamed Male Champions for Women’s
integration of a social inclusion perspective: This Empowerment. This initiative has recruited a small group
blog includes reflections on efforts to integrate a of Male Champions to take actions individually and
social inclusion lens into CIWA’s work by citing collectively that seek to reduce gender inequalities. Aside
concrete examples. from taking actions within their own work environments,
Advancing towards a more gender equal world in the Male Champions have participated in regular virtual
transboundary water management in Sub-Saharan meetings and a one-day capacity building and consultation
Africa: This blog serves as a reflection of the session and have provided input into the preparation of a
experience of the GESI expert providing support draft Action Plan and web site. For more information on
to CIWA programsand projects. Male Champions for Women’s Empowerment, please go
to the web site link here.
On the International Day of Rural Women,
spotlighting water sector projects that enhance As the Forum moves out of the pilot phase, it is planning
African women’s participation and professional an in-person meeting in 2024 to review its Action Plan and
development: CIWA’s GESI expert shares her to showcase its work more broadly. CIWA is also looking
insider’s perspective on designing and implementing to recruit new Male Champions throughout the regions of
GESI principles and tools within the transboundary
water resources management context. sub-Saharan Africa where CIWA operates. If you are
interested in becoming a Male Champion, please follow
the link to apply.

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