•  The project’s goals are:

–  To strengthen the capacity for undertaking research and policy engagement of scholars and practitioners of water, land and energy use, management and governance in the Mekong/ Salween Basin.

–  To research on and raise the profile of gender and other forms of social

marginalization. –  To build a learning community amongst fellows who are scholars and

practitioners, and link them across the Mekong, Red and Salween River basins.

Professional Development of Water Governance and Regional Development Practitioners in the Mekong/ Salween Basin

•  A mentored fellowship program •  Draws on a wider consortium of

partners as mentors •  “Buddy mentors” from past fellowship

programs •  Organized around the 4 themes of WLE-

GM program •  Water Governance

•  Healthy Rivers

•  River Food System •  Healthy Landscape and Ecosystems

•  Gender and Social Justice (cross-cutting theme)

•  Key Questions •  Our fellowships are guided by

the WLE theme guiding questions

•  PLUS: What opportunities and barriers to social and gender equality in water governance exist and how they be overcome

•  Open call for Expression of Interest across the region and beyond to: government; academics; and civil society •  Competitive criteria-based

selection process

HOW ARE WE DOING IT ?

OUTPUTS • 

•  Phase 1: •  Infographic •  Blogs

•  Policy Brief

•  Research report

•  Conference Paper

•  Stakeholder engagement (process output and outcome)

•  Phase 2: •  A journal article

•  Or, a chapter in a edited book

VISIT OUR WEBSITES

http://wle-mekong.cgiar.org/

http://wlemekong.wikispaces.com/MK31 http://wlemekong.wikispaces.com/MK32 http://wlemekong.wikispaces.com/MK33

https://mk32wlemekongfellowship.wordpress.com/mk32-fellows/ http://csds-chula.org/salweenmekongred-fellowship/

•  13 Fellows •  Categorized by gender

•  3 males

•  10 females

•  Categorized by countries •  5 from Vietnam

•  3 from Lao •  2 from Thailand

•  1 from USA

•  2 from Cambodia

•  12 Research Projects •  8 gender and social justice projects

•  3 water governance projects

•  1 river food system and food security

MEKONG FELLOWS

By country •  Myanmar: 7 •  China: 4 •  International: 2

By gender •  Male: 3; Female : 10

By topic •  Healthy landscapes: 1 •  Gender and social justice: 8 •  Water governance: 4

By sector

•  Academics / Government : 7 •  Civil society : 5 •  Independent : 1

MK31 Fellows: 13 Fellowships in total

MK31 FELLOW Name Title Cherry Aung

Investigation on the potential threats to fishery resources and the socio-economic implication for fishery communities in the Thanlwin River Estuary

Hnin Wut Yee

Gender Equity and Social Justice: Rights of marginalized ethnic women in Salween Basin affected by development projects

Huang Yaping

Chinese Hydropower Construction: Lisu Women’s Trans-provincial Migrations From Nujiang—From the female perspective on Government Decision-making and Public Participation

John Bright Water Governance in the Salween River: Understanding different values, Seeing the problem of conflict in Salween Hydropower Projects and Recognizing the role of Ethnic and Marginalized groups

Kimberly Forest Governance in the Nu-Thanlwin-Salween River Basin of the Shan State

Kyaw Thu Han

The Study on the Impact of Large Scale Dams on the Women working in the Agriculture sector

Wenhong Xie

Mapping hydropower development in the Nu-Thanlwin-Salween Basin: Identifying knowledge, communication and policy-implementation gaps amongst stakeholders

MK31 FELLOW Name Title Yongmin Bian

Role of Environmental Impact Assessment in the Governance of Salween River: A Comparative Study of the Chinese and Burmese Approaches

Zhong Mei Gender and Local work opportunity: Analysis of the reservoir resettlement of Yunnan Liuku Hydropower Station

Mar Mar Aye

Ethnobotanical Study on Some Plants growing on Thanl win river Regions of Lashio and Hpa An area

Khin Sandar Aye Geographical Analysis on the Impact of Landcover Changes on Socio – Economic Condition of Bawlakhe District, Kayah State in Myanmar (A Case Study of Four villages in Balakhe District)

Nang Shining

The Role of Women Engagement in Water Governance in Mong Pan, Mong Pan, and Kunhing Townships, Shan State

Hannah El- Silimy

Women’s Participation in Civil Society on the Nu/Salween: A Comparative Study of China and Thailand

1ST WORKSHOP Workshop on Preparing Detailed Research Design [Hanoi, Vietnam] Vietnam Academy of Water Resources Headquarter, Hanoi. 20 to 22nd May, 2015

1ST WORKSHOP

2ND WORKSHOP Workshop on Field study and Data Analysis MSSRC, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Ubon Ratchathani University and Sasi Salai Dam, Si Sa Ket, Thailand 4-6 August  2015

2ND WORKSHOP

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