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Dhesigen

Naidoo

Dhesigen is head of climate adaptation at the South African Presidential Climate
Commission. He is also head of the African Climate Risk and Human Security Program
at the Institute for Security Studies. He is president of Human Right 2 Water and a
founding member of the Water Policy Group, a member of the Board of the
International Water Management Institute, a member of the food security organization
CGIAR, and vice chair of the Technical Advisory Group on Water to the UAE. He was
previously the CEO of the Water Research Commission and served in senior positions

in the South African national government and South African universities.

Dhesigen is a leader, a scientist, and activist for positive social change. He has been
involved with various gender strategies and has written

about gender equality.

A failure to achieve the empowerment of
women and the girl-child in the water sector is
not only a gender injustice but a monumental
risk to water security, which is why this has to
have the support of all men in the sector.

Head of climate adaptation
South African Presidential Climate Commission