SaciWATERs at the World Water Week in Stockholm

Seminar: Crossing Gender Boundaries in the Water Sector: The Status of Women Water Professionals in South Asia

Date: August 19, 2009

Time: 09:00 - 12:30 (Swedish Time)

Place: Room T6, Stockholm International Fairs (Stockholmsmässan) in Älvsjö, (venue for World Water Week) Stockholm, Sweden

Convenor: Crossing Boundaries Project, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs)

Co-convenor: Network of Women Water Professionals, Sri Lanka (NetWwater) and Women for Water Partnership, The Netherlands (WfWP)

Crossing Boundaries Project, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) in collaboration with NetWWater, Sri Lanka,  and Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), The Netherlands, is organising a seminar at the World Water Week 2009 in Stockholm to discuss the study titled ‘Crossing Gender Boundaries in the Water Sector: The Status of Women Water Professionals in South Asia’.

Although primarily of an exploratory nature to understand the profiles, numbers, and constraints of Women Water professionals in the region, the study, undertaken in four South Asian countries, hopes to bring visibility to the question of women water professionals. The session will discuss the study in detail. The focus would be on strategies in terms of policy advocacy and practice to highlight these concerns.

For more information, please click here or contact Dr. Anjal Prakash anjal@saciwaters.org