By Ilse Mijnhart, Women for Water Partnership, Junior Communication and Project Officer It was an eventful, exciting and above all successful Forum for women. Gender equality; the empowerment of all women and girls; the role of women as agents of change; and equitable access to water and sanitation for all uses was emphasised. These thematic areas were specifically highlighted…

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  Interview with Shengwei Yeo, Assistant Managing Director at Singapore International Water Week for the Public Utilities Board Singapore 1. Can you briefly tell us about yourself and your organization? About myself I joined PUB in 2008, and my first role was to promote more activities and attract more visitors to the Marina Barrage, a…

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The 7th edition of the world’s largest water event will gather participants from the international water community: academics, research institutions, enterprises, professional networks, governments and policy-makers, IGOs and NGOs, as well as representatives from various fields such as agriculture, food or energy. The 7th World Water Forum will focus on the implementation of the solutions…

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  By Marielle Velander The Dresden Nexus Conference 2015 was very much defined – and challenged – by the term “nexus”. Over 300 attendees from approximately 65 different countries came from a variety of disciplines, ranging from engineering and hydrology to political ecology and demography. The interdisciplinary combination of accomplished intellectuals at various stages of…

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  A blog by Marielle Velander. Masters student in Anthropology and Development at the London School of Economics. She is writing her dissertation on the politics of water technologies in the Thar Desert. She will be attending the the first annual Dresden Nexus Conference this March as a Water Youth Network Representative. Three buzzwords seem to…

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Author: Xiomara Acevedo En la histórica ciudad costera de Santa Marta, Colombia tuvo lugar el congreso anual de Agua, residuos, ambiente y energías renovables organizado por ACODAL (asociación colombiana de ingeniería ambiental y saneamiento). En tres días el evento reunió a más de 1,200 participantes quienes compartieron los avances tecnológicos, técnicos e innovadores en el…

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2014 will be the final year in the four-year “Step-Up” Campaign, part of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR), which raises awareness and advocates for inclusive disaster risk reduction, each year focusing on the role of important factors such as – Children and Young People (2011), Women and Girls (2012), People living with Disability…

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As part of their extracurricular activities, UNESCO-IHE students visited the World Water Week in Stockholm. As founding members of the Water Youth Network they convened the morning sessions of the Young Professionals workshop on Wednesday September 3rd and visited sessions of their particular interest. During the week they reported their views on what was presented…

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The workshop “Entrepreneurial approaches to increase water security in peri-urban areas” organized by the Young Water Professionals (YWP) in co-coordination with the Water Youth Network (WYN) during the IWA Water, Energy and Climate Conference in Mexico City (21 May, 2014) was a successful event, with almost 40 participants. The theme was selected because the water…

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