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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.

10/20/2014

Gender Equity and Water-Social Responsibility

The Director of the National Water Agency of Brazil, Gisela Forattini, who is also a GWP Steering Committee member, introduced the GWP Gender Strategy at the Governmental Forum of Social Responsibility held on 18 September in Brazil.

The purpose of the Forum is to be a space of articulation for the governmental sphere, in order to share experiences, views and join efforts to promote, facilitate and strengthen social and governmental mobilization towards actions of social responsibility, which support awareness raising, human rights and the protection of the environment.

The GWP Gender Strategy supports the integration of gender in water management. Its objective is to bring gender into the mainstream of GWP’s work, by providing and overarching framework to practice gender- and women-inclusive approaches.

GWP defines gender mainstreaming as a strategy to include a gender perspective into operations, structures and programmes, with the aim to positively affect gender equity in water use and governance at all levels. The new strategy was formally launched by GWP Chair Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss during Stockholm World Water Week 2014.

Page last edited: 10/17/2014