About

GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

Partner

Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Global Gender

6/19/2017

High Level Meeting on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Water Resources Management

GWP is organising a one-day event together with the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) and the Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology of Sydney (ISF-UTS) to discuss the mainstreaming of gender-equality issues in water-related policies, development and investment programmes.

SDG 5 on gender quality

Gender-related issues have been high on the development agenda for some time, yet serious progress within water resources management is still in its infancy and much work remains across all sectors to effectively embed socially inclusive policies and practices into development programming.

This workshop will lay the groundwork for broader and bigger change, and the outputs from the meeting will inform a strategic think piece capturing clear and practical actions that can be applied to turn theory into practice.

The event is held in Stockholm, Sweden. More details about the event available here.

Leading up to the event, we asked some of the participants to reflect on this: How can the water community step it up for gender equality? Here's what they had to say:

Top photo: Erika Tenorio, Associate Professor and Head of Water Laboratory, Zamorano University, Honduras, with her students - part of GWP's reporting for International Women's Day 2017.

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