Roles of Women and Youth in Water Security and SDGs
MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2017, 15:30 – 17:00
25 years after the Rio-Dublin Principles for IWRM have been adopted at
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED,1992) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there is still limited progress in translating
the principles of inclusive and participatory water governance into
effective action on the ground. At the same time, hundreds of millions ofdollars invested in physical infrastructure are effectively wasted because
provisions do not reach the intended beneficiaries and/or are notadequately maintained.
Objectives of this session are to bring to the fore the role of women andyouth in sustainable water use and governance, to make steps forward incooperation on inclusive water governance and gender sensitive
approaches in the region and to prepare key messages as input to the 8thWorld Water Forum, the outcome document of the High-Level Panel on
Water and the upcoming Water for Sustainable Development Decade.
Lead Organizer

Water Mothers Myanmar: Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein

Co-Lead- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Organizer- Citizen’s Forum Commission of World Water Forum 8 (WWF8)- Global Water Partnership- Korean Water Forum and World Youth Parliament for Water (Asia Chapter)

Chairs- Dr. Anna Sui Hluan, Patron of Water Mothers- Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Executive Director of IWMI

Moderator- Drs. Alice Bouman-Dentener, Member of the Citizen’s Forum Commission of WWF8

Program
15:30 -15:35

Welcome and introduction of the Speakers
Dr. Anna Sui Hluan, Chair

Keynote speech
15:35-15:45

Building a framework for inclusive water governance in Myanmar
Prof. Dr. Khin Ni Ni Thein, Secretary, Advisory Group, and Member, NationalWater Resources Committee, Myanmar

Presentations
15:45-15:50

Think globally, act locally: linking local action to the implementation of SDG6and the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”
Ms. Salamatu Garba, Steering Committee Member, Women for Water
Partnership, and Coordinator on Participatory Water Governance, Citizen’s
Forum of WWF8

15:50-15:55

Developing a Women for Water approach in Central Asia
Dr. Barbara Janusz-Pawletta, Member, Technical Committee, Global Water
Partnership, and UNESCO Chair Holder in Water Management in Central
Asia, Kazakh-German University

15:55-16:00

Role of youth in achieving water security and SDGs
Ms. Asma Bachikh, President, World Youth Parliament for Water

16:00-16:05

AIRBM project: a springboard for Women and Youth participation in creating
good water governance
Ms. Aye Chan Myint, Young Water Professional and Acting Coordinator, AG

16:05-16:10

The role of youth in Asia-Pacific water affairs
Dr. Jaeheung Yoon, Secretary General, Korea Water Forum

16:10-16:15

Linking civil society to the WASH sector
Ms. Melita Grant, Research Principal at the Institute for Sustainable Futures,
University of Technology of Sydney (ISF-UTS)

16:15 -16:20

Capacity Development for Effective Institutional ReformDr. Dipak Gyawali, Former Minister of Water Resources, Nepal

16:20-16:50

Panel Discussion
Drs. Alice Bouman-Dentener, Moderator

16:50-17:00

Conclusions and wrap-up
Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Co-Chair