WORLD WATER WEEK: Women and girls can play important role in managing water

 

 

The 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm

The 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm will take place August 26-31.

The theme is: “Water and Food Security”.

 
About the World Water Week in Stockholm World Water Week is hosted and organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and takes place each year in Stockholm. The World Water Week has been the annual focal point for the globe’s water issues since 1991. Join us!

World Water Week niche and theme
Each year the World Water Week addresses a particular theme to enable a deeper examination of a specific water-related topic. While not all events during the week relate to the overall theme, the workshops driven by the Scientific Programme Committee and many seminars and side events do focus on various aspects of the theme. The themes change each year, but each fits within a broader “niche” that covers several years. The grouping of
themes within a niche is designed to develop a long-term perspective on a broad yet significant water and development issue. It also ensures that each year builds upon the previous years’ outcomes and findings.

The current niche for 2009-2012 is “Responding to Global Changes”, which looks at the potential and necessary responses in water policy, management and development to address pervasive and increasingly impacting global changes. The themes within the current niche are:

2009: Accessing Water for the Common Good
2010: The Water Quality Challenge
2011: Water in an Urbanising World
2012: Water and Food Security

Browse this website to see the Thematic Scope for 2012 on Water and Food Security, and the workshops covering different aspects of the theme.

Gathering in Stockholm, Sweden this week, people from around the world are talking about water: how to share it, how to keep it clean and for some countries, how to find it. During World Water Week Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF’s Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene spoke with UN Radio’s Gail Walker about the role women and girls can play in managing this precious resource.

World Water Week
Building Capacity / Promoting Partnership / Reviewing Implementation

SIWI is the host and organizer of the World Water Week in Stockholm, the leading annual global meeting place for
capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development. As an open platform for over 2,000 participants including key decision-makers and more than 200 collaborating organisations, the conference promotes the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civil society communities, thereby advancing the water, environment, health, livelihood and poverty reduction agendas. 

Resources from the World Water Weeks
The World Water Week website is a year-round resource on issues and topics covered during the Week. Here you can download presentations, background documents, reports and outcomes from previous years as well as can watch film clips from selected sessions.

 

For more information, please visit the World Water Week website: www.worldwaterweek.org.