World Water Week 2017: August 27 – September 1

http://www.womenforwater.org/waste-water-is-a-she/waste-water-is-a-she

Waste (Water) Is a She

Lesha Witmer - Women for Water Partnership

July 8, 2017 - This blog is part of an on-going conversation) that will be followed up during a one-day seminar “Understanding the Gender Dimension of Water and Waste” on Aug 27 during Word Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The seminar is co-convened by SIWI,  GWP, Water-Aid, WfWP and Saci-Waters.  https://programme.worldwaterweek.org/event/6782

For the first time ever, with the adoption especially of SDG Target 6.3 ( “by 2030, …, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally”) water quality issues such as waste water (treatment and re-use of used water) has come to the attention of a broader public. Wastewater is not on top of the list when people talk about gender issues and water. But wastewater is not gender neutral (as some key players seem to think)?........

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation – Website:  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx

http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/36/45

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Извор: WUNRN – 27.08.2017