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GEWAMED Newsletter n. 18
The GEWAMED project objectives and activities are largely based on the recommendations of a workshop held at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (Italy) in June 2004 within the framework of the EC-INCO funded Specific Support Action (SSA): "Integrating Gender Dimensions in Water Management in the Mediterranean Region" (INGEDI). The mentioned Workshop identified the main problems limiting the integration of women in water management which are reported below:
- Lack of coordination mechanisms among relevant institutions and related bodies.
- Lack of institutional support for information/dissemination.
- Lack of coordination among women programmes.
- Insufficient knowledge among men and women about their own rights.
- Lack of access to information and technology (particularly in the sanitation area).
- Limited political commitment in integrating gender dimensions in water-related policies, legislations and programmes.
- Few initiatives undertaken to ensure women´s participation in water-related decision-making.
- Lack of skills and knowledge in promoting gender mainstreaming in integrated water resources management.
and suggested the following solutions:
- Establishment of a Mediterranean network to be interlinked with national ones and, where applicable, to existing local networks.
- Develop information and communication strategies.
- Develop a national agenda for mainstreaming gender issues in water resources management.
- Undertake national seminars and workshops with women associations and government agencies.
- Provide information at all levels addressing issues on water and sanitation, and risk assessment.
- Capacity building on gender analysis and participatory tools in water resources management.
- Sensitise policy-makers on the importance of integrating a gender perspective in integrated water resources management.
The GEWAMED project is largely a response to those recommendations strongly felt by the participants of the INGEDI Workshop.
For a detailed description of the project, the reader should refer to the document:Institutional Coordination and Streamlining Partners Activities in the Framework of GEWAMED Project contained in the documentation data base.
| Contact information |
Juan Antonio Sagardoy - GEWAMED Project Manager
(email: sagardoy@iamb.it) |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.gewamed.net/index.php?mod=newsletter_list |
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| Source of information | GEWAMED project |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/fol060732/proj365402 |
| Geographical coverage | Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, |
| News date | 26/01/2011 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
