Pachamama Alliance of Oregon
Co-Creating a Just, Fulfilling, and Sustainable Region
Centered around Pachamama Alliance's "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream" Symposium, we believe and work together in community to co-create an Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, and Socially Just world.
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Created: Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
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The Gender and Water Alliance [GWA] was created at the 2nd World Water Forum [WWF] in 2000 in recognition that the water sector had been until then mainly technically-driven. This technical approach did not recognize or incorporate the different social relationships and roles of women and men, poor and rich communities, and minority and majority cultures in the different uses of water and water and sanitation services. The provision of sustainable water and sanitation services that incorporate an integrated water resources management approach would require a special emphasis and focus on gender, social justice and human rights.
Activities:
Information sharing. To collect, share and use - in electronic and hard copy version - key information on existing policies and practices in the three water sub-sectors. The leading activities are the four languages website and the series of Gender and Water Development Annual reports.
Experience sharing. To analyse and share key elements of success and failure in the gender mainstreaming practice of Alliance members and others partners, and to develop new strategies to improve this practice. Three electronic conferences in four languages took place before the 3WWF and had high levels of participation. A summary publication produced after the experience. New plans are under development for the next phase.
Advocacy. To develop and implement targeted advocacy on good practice of gender mainstreaming in national, regional and international fora. Targeted advocacy materials and three regional training workshops for gender ambassadors are key products of this programme area.
Training and capacity building. To develop and implement new, improved and tailored methodologies and tools for training and capacity building. The process started with the development of the training modules and the design of the methodology and it was followed by a Global and six Regional Training of Trainers workshops. The new phase of this programme area will concentrate its support on training and capacity building activities at national and local levels.
Pilot initiatives. To test, validate and assess replicability of good practice in gender mainstreaming through pilot initiatives developed by Alliance members. To date, the Alliance has sponsored numerous �Gender Ambassadors� to regional and international water sector events and developed and produced a range of �tools� for gender mainstreaming in the water sectors.
Activities:
Information sharing. To collect, share and use - in electronic and hard copy version - key information on existing policies and practices in the three water sub-sectors. The leading activities are the four languages website and the series of Gender and Water Development Annual reports.
Experience sharing. To analyse and share key elements of success and failure in the gender mainstreaming practice of Alliance members and others partners, and to develop new strategies to improve this practice. Three electronic conferences in four languages took place before the 3WWF and had high levels of participation. A summary publication produced after the experience. New plans are under development for the next phase.
Advocacy. To develop and implement targeted advocacy on good practice of gender mainstreaming in national, regional and international fora. Targeted advocacy materials and three regional training workshops for gender ambassadors are key products of this programme area.
Training and capacity building. To develop and implement new, improved and tailored methodologies and tools for training and capacity building. The process started with the development of the training modules and the design of the methodology and it was followed by a Global and six Regional Training of Trainers workshops. The new phase of this programme area will concentrate its support on training and capacity building activities at national and local levels.
Pilot initiatives. To test, validate and assess replicability of good practice in gender mainstreaming through pilot initiatives developed by Alliance members. To date, the Alliance has sponsored numerous �Gender Ambassadors� to regional and international water sector events and developed and produced a range of �tools� for gender mainstreaming in the water sectors.