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Dr Stephen

Donkor

Stephen is a water resource management expert with more than 30 years of
experience working in Africa. He obtained a Ph.D. from Colorado State University and
an MSc in water management from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Stephen
works as an independent consultant based in Accra, Ghana and is currently providing
water resources management advisory services mainly in the Africa region.

During his work as the senior regional adviser at the UN Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA), he provided knowledge and experience on policy formulation, dialogue,
coordination, and advocacy including gender transformation and women’s
empowerment in the water and environment sectors. He initiated the Pretoria Water
and Gender Action Plan in 2005 and continued his commitment by supporting the
Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) as a Board member. He is keenly interested in
actions that men can take to deal with the ongoing low presence and participation of
women in the transboundary water sphere.

Sustainability of water infrastructure and
management systems in Africa depends on the
most frequent users, who are women. Their full
participation in design, implementation, and
maintenance is a prerequisite to success.

Senior Consultant & Researcher
Holland Africa Research &
Development Ltd