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Global Programme Water Initiatives Workshop: gender and water

Global Programme Water Initiatives Workshop: gender and water. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Corporate Domain Global Cooperation Water Initiatives. SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives.

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Global Programme Water Initiatives Workshop: gender and water

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  1. Global Programme Water InitiativesWorkshop: gender and water Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • Gender, land and sustainanable development conference , 5th June 2014 • Nathalie Rizzotti, Programme Manager • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation 1

  2. Swiss Development Cooperation Agency Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives and water security 2

  3. Global Programme Water InitiativesStrategy 2013-2017 Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • Commitment to: a water-secure world- defined by “the capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities and acceptable quality of water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, socio-economic development, for ensuring protection against water-borne pollution and water related disasters and for preserving ecosystems in a climate of peace and political stability” (UN-Water) 3

  4. Global Programme Water InitiativesStrategy 2013-2017 Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • Role: Reduction of global risks by focusing on inequity and poverty by : • Influencingpolicy and political dialogue (human right to drinkable water and sanitation (support special rapporteur) , post 2015-agenda..) • Leveragingpartnerships for scaling up additionalfunding, influencing and coverage • Innovation in approaches, concepts and technolgies • Knowledge management withinSwitzerland and at international level Water as a human right recognized as a basic value Position SDC and Switzerland as influentialplayer in the international dialogue on water 4

  5. WATER SECURITY in the GLOBAL AGENDA Ԍ Water Governance Equitable Access Water Diplomacy: transboundary water management Water – Sanitation – Hygiene Ԍ Ԍ Water Economics Water for Family Agriculture Ԍ Ԍ SWISS VOICE and strengthen the know-how Ԍ aguasan IDANE Wasser

  6. Thematic CH Positioning Water Security in the post 2015 agenda: • Stand-alone goals on: • Water • Gender Equality goal -advocates for gender equality as a transversal Issue with gender specific targets and indicators in all other development goals • Sustainable Peace & Safe Societies • Health and 10 other thematic… • Switzerland supports principles such as Human rights, policy coherence… for the development of goals • Switzerland supports the on-going Dialogue on Monitoring and Accountability for Post-2015 Development Agendaand the GPWIs supports a post 2015 monitoring for the water goal.

  7. Water goal (vers.Dec 2013) Detailedflyersareavailable: www.deza.admin.ch

  8. Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • Challenges: inclusion of gender in relevant targets and indicators, alsorelated to empowerment and decision-making • Risks: amongstmanytargets and prioritygenderis not specified • The water and gender community must join forces to promote gender equality ensuring water, sanitation and hygiene, water resources and waste water management and address water related disasters under a future water secure goal. • Need to give due consideration to human rights and to the human right to water by taking into account an approach that supports the promotion and protection of human rights. 8

  9. Women for water Patnership and SDCA strategic partnership Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • A mean to achieve commun objectives since 2014 • Gender equity is a precondition for sustainable development and good governance of ressources. • Water and gender issues are not onlyrelated to access to water and sanitation. • Eradication of genderinequalitiesrequires a holisticapproach by takingintoaccountdifferent dimensions of women and water complexinterlinkages. 9

  10. Women for water PatnershipA strategic partnership Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives • The WfWpconsists of 25 women’s civil society networks withsubsidiaries in 100 countries: • Global level: support the post 2015 agenda for a stand alone goal on water and for the gendereguality goal • National level: createstrongwomen civil society’svoiceinfluencing national policies • Local level: women’sempowerment and leadership withconcreteprojects. 10

  11. Any questions?http://www.sdc.admin.ch/en/Home/About_SDC/Organisation/Global_Cooperation/Global_Programme_Water_Initiativeswww.post2015.chhttp://www.righttowater.info/why-the-right-to-water-and-sanitation Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Corporate Domain Global CooperationWater Initiatives SDC Global Programme Water Initiatives Thankyou! 11

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