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Making Waves: Gender and Water Policy at International and National Level
Promoting change and increased female leadership
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BBC News
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Sovereignty
(international law)
Scale
(global / local)
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Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water etc etc
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Matt Damon urges help from world's rich on water crisis www.water.org
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Transboundary water leadership: opportunities and challenges (policy tools and options)
States have the duty to co-operate with one another, irrespective of the differences in their political, economic and social systems, in the various spheres of international relations, in order to maintain international peace and security and to promote international economic stability and progress, the general welfare of nations and international co-operation free from discrimination based on such differences.
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Intl / Global
Political
National
Human
Societal
Regional
Economic
s c a l e
Environmental
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1997 UNWC
Allocation framework
1992 UNECE
Limit transboundary impact
20 years experience
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Women in Water
having it all
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Law
Legal frameworks Implementation Integration
Education
Identifying issues Instilling confidence Agenda setting
Institutions
Innovation Political representation Power of one
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grassroots water diplomacy showing how the social capital of women's organizations is used world wide for connecting people across sectors.
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The ancient Chinese Proverb that women hold up half the sky has become an inspiring catchphrase for female opportunity around the world.
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www.chinainternationalwaterlaw.org