Applying Gender to Water Resources Management Projects: Resources & Tools Karin M. Krchnak Gender & Water Alliance
Improving Project Performance Narayan Study [ Contribution of People s participation: evidence from 121 rural water supply projects, World Bank] showed women s participation was among the variables strongly associated with project effectiveness. And failure to do so can >> project failure. UNDP Voice and Choice for Women: Findings show that water services are better sustained and used by community if institutions and policies enable the communities (men& women, rich & poor) to initiate the service, take informed decisions about type of service management and financing systems and build capacities to maintain and manage the services so burden and benefits are equitably shared. Source: Ana Maria Kleymeyer, World Bank Institute
What is GWA? History Programme Areas Information sharing Experience sharing Advocacy Training and capacity building Pilot initiatives
Training and Capacity Building Programme Objective? Why Needed? What does it cover? Module 1: Concepts of gender and GM in IWRM Module 2: GM within the project cycle Module 3:Tools for planning, assessment and analysis Module 4:GM in organisations and policy process Module 5:Gender sensitive training skills Module 6: Planning regional ToTs
Tools for Planning, Assessment & Analysis Project identification Social mapping Welfare ranking Histogram Trend analysis Project formulation& implementation Story with a gap Task target analysis History of decision making Resource analysis Map of water resources Project monitoring& evaluation 100 seeds for financial burden within household Ladders Organisational and policy making tools SWOT for IWRM Analysing enabling environments Spider web
Global Training of Trainers Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Integrated Water Resource Management June 23 to July 5, 2003 - Banglampu, Bangkok, Thailand
Policy Tools Compilation of lessons learned Policy development manual Gender audit
Assessing Policy Implementation In co-operation with the ADB, GWA carried out an operations review from a gender perspective on the water operations of the Bank and the actual implementation of its gender policy. In Bolivia with the Vice-ministry of Basic Services and the Ministry of Agriculture GWA members carried out a gender audit highlighting policy evaporation and need for action at different levels.
Making Knowledge Accessible www.undp.org/water /genderguide/index. html
E- conferences are a powerful tool to promote exchange, build awareness and capacities Sharing Tools
Partnerships Asian Development Bank: Pilot projects UNDP: Jointly produced resource guide on gender mainstreaming for water resources management Cap-Net: Joint activities on capacity building and training on gender and IWRM International Water Management Institute (IWMI): Improving its gender mainstreaming practice Global Water Partnership (GWP): Coordination on range of activities including tool-box Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC): Information sharing and better incorporation of gender perspectives in sanitation Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR): Support Arab organisations with training and knowledge development processes on gender mainstreaming in IWRM UN Interagency Task Force on Gender and Water: Provide inputs for the development of strategic positions within this UN network of agencies and through it influence the work and decisions of relevant UN bodies and commissions
Future Activities, Products & Tools Training Programs: In collaboration with Cap-net six ToTs in India (3), Sri Lanka (1), Bangladesh(1) and Malaysia(1) for NGOs. In Africa in collaboration with GWP and Capnet at least 3 in Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone Africa for water sector specialists. Guide for donor agencies: Getting more from your development support Guidelines for local governments On line tutorial on gender mainstreaming in IWRM under development in co-operation with Cap-net specifically for water sector managers.
Key Issues for the Future Document the connections between gender, water and poverty in different geographical regions/countries and cultural contexts Key to gender mainstreaming is good quality gender analytical information/base-line data on: Beneficiary groups, Affected groups, and Management and implementation agencies Importance of effective communications Role of gender sensitivity in infrastructure hardware projects Building capacity of people to analyze disaggregated data Analysis needed of economic benefits of GM in IWRM
Tools to help move from Buzz Wording to implementation
Other Sources/Links: Cap-Net (www.cap-net.org) Global Water Partnership (www.gwp.org) Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (www.wwsscc.org) Women for Water Partnership (www.womenforwater.org)
www.genderandwateralliance.org Maria Arce Moreira Executive Secretary Gender and Water Alliance P.O. Box 2869 2601 CW Delft The Netherlands Phone: +31 15 2192943 Fax:+31 15 2190955 E-mail: arce@irc.nl