Transcript The GEWAMED project

Mainstreaming Gender Dimensions
into Water Resources Development
and Management in the
Mediterranean Region
GEWAMED PROJECT
Presented by Barbara Tomassini
MIO-ECSDE
GEWAMED
 The
GEWAMED project has started on 15
February 2006 with a duration of 4 years;
 Promoted and coordinated by CIHEAMMAIB (Bari);
 Coordinated Action (CA) of the INCO
programme (FP6);
 It intends to generate new knowledge
through communication & coordination of the
participating institutions;
Objectives
 Support
gender mainstreaming in all
processes related to IWRM at regional and
national levels in the Med;
 Enhance cooperation and dialogue among
Mediterranean countries but also within each
country;
 Contribute to the adoption of national policies
and other related instruments for
mainstreaming gender dimensions in IWRM;
 Beneficiaries: women, women organizations
& gender institutions, IWRM Stakeholders;
Partners
 A total
of 18 institutions from 14 MC:
• 9 Governmental institutions
• 2 International organizations
• 7 NGOs
 9 SEMR* and 5 EU countries;
 Some institutions have good experience in
water and others in gender but few in both;
* South East Mediterranean Region (SEMR) countries:
Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine,
Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
Working strategy
GEWAMED takes advantage of the expertise
of partners (GOs, IGOS, NGOs etc) to gather,
process, produce & diffuse widely information
on water and gender related issues, while
supporting the creation of multi-stakeholders
dialogues further contributing to disseminate
knowledge and to involve decision-makers and
politicians in efforts towards the improvement
of women's conditions in the water sector.
Key activities (1/3)
Building a national and regional shared
knowledge base:

Assessment of women situation in IWRM in a
number of participating countries; This
assessment has provided evidence of many
inequities.

Establishment of a Regional Internet Web Site
containing a structured Data Base with genderwater related information and several national
institutions websites
Key activities (2/3)
Enhance cooperation and dialogue at
regional and national levels
3
regional workshops on specific gender
and water issues;
 National
Networks in SEMR countries for
coordinating actions and information on
gender and water issues;
 Exchange
of experiences among
participating institutions;
Key activities (3/3)
Contribute to the adoption of national
policies and other related instruments for
mainstreaming gender dimensions in IWRM
 National
seminars in SEMR countries to
sensitise politicians and decision-makers on
gender issues;
 Plans
for using and disseminating the
knowledge generated by the project;
Lessons learnt (1/2)

Good gender & water resources info base
(+)

Regional & national communication networks in
SEMR countries;
(+/-)

List of gender sensitive indicators in IWRM (+/-)

Regional and national websites;

Strong dissemination policy at international and
national level;
(+)
(+/-)
Lessons learnt (2/2)
 Intervention
in policy-making at Med level;
(+/-)
 GEWAMED
inspired the creation of a rural
women’s observatory in Lebanon;
(+)
 Cooperation
between partners still needs
improvements;
(+/-)
Recommendations
 Raise
political attention on “genderization”
of IWRM;
 Coordination
and institutional capacity on
gender issues through multi & crosssectoral interventions;
 Strengthen
National & Regional
multistakeholders networks created during
GEWAMED;
Recommendations
 Education
and awareness actions to
support positive changes in social and
cultural norms that cause inequality;
 Extension
services, gender specialists and
training;
 Access
to information;
Open questions & current
challenges

Regional Strategies (ENP, EMP, Barcelona
Convention etc) aware of the urgency to
streamline gender issues in National
policies/programmes but this is not translated
effectively into practice yet;
 Scarcity of gender analysis & genderdisaggregated statistical information;
 Media & Parliamentarians as potential future
important partners;
 More rigorous enforcement of existing guidelines
for gender mainstreaming in water development
and management activities.
GEWAMED
www.gewamed.net
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ITAL-ICID
IAM-JA
CAWTAR
ÇUKUR
MIO-ECSDE
ARI
CREAD
CAFRAD
RMF
GCSAR
AMSED
PARC
EEAA
SRU-NWRC
Project Coordinator
Partners Leaders
Partners
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