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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