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Gender and Vulnerable groups in Capacity Building. 29 May 2013 Joke Muylwijk. Content. GWA and Capacity Building Chain of water management Gender, diversity, vulnerability Examples of vulnerable groups How to include vulnerability in Capacity Development. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gender and Vulnerable groups
in Capacity Building 29 May 2013
Joke Muylwijk
Content 1. GWA and Capacity Building2. Chain of water management3. Gender, diversity, vulnerability4. Examples of vulnerable groups5. How to include vulnerability in
Capacity Development
Purpose of 5th Symposium
1. GWA and Capacity Building
International network2200 members, in 128 countries30 % organisations, 45% men, 55% womenLarge part of our work is capacity building for gender mainstreaming in IWRM and all water sectors, together with partner organisations.
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2. Chain of Water Management for overall development and welfare of all people
- Water users- Water technicians and advisors
- Institutions, organisations- Policy and decision makers
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3. Gender, Diversity and Vulnerability
Water users:- Women – men- Age: children: girls and boys, elderly- Ethnicity, minorities- Class: poor and better-off- Rural - urban- Different abilities: women and menAll over: women are responsible for water in households
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4. Examples of Vulnerable groups
Vulnerable people have a big problem looking after themselves; - Poor women (not all women are vulnerable), Women-heads of households; - Widows, Elderly in general, especially those who are poor; - Children-headed households, and combinations of these: - Grandmothers with small grandchildren of whom the parents died; - People with physical or mental disabilities (f/m); Albinos;- Fisher men and women;- Low caste; - Ethnic minorities, indigenous people (f/m);- People sexually different from the mainstream; - Refugee women, children and men.
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Case of Water Vendors (m) in Kyotera Uganda
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Case of Women water users in Rural India
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5. How to include vulnerability in Capacity Development
- Inquiries are important part of Capacity Building.- Trainees are supported to write Gender
Mainstreaming Action Plans, in which they ask the needs and interests of water users, including vulnerable groups.
- Trainees learn to tap the knowledge of women water managers at household level.
- Trainees learn to understand that 100% of the people (f/m) need water every day of the year.
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Thank you for your attention.
Joke MuylwijkExecutive Director
Gender and Water [email protected]
