DUSHANBE, August 15, 2013, Asia-Plus – Tajik capital is expected to host an international gender forum next week.
According to press release issued by TajWSS (Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation Project), the Gender Forum entitled “Empowerment of Women: Foundation for Successful Transnational Water Cooperation” will take place at the Kokhi Somon State Complex in Dushanbe on August 19.
Initiated by the Government of Tajikistan and organized in partnership with OXFAM Tajikistan, Women for Water Partnership, UN Women and UNDP, the forum will be held within the framework of the High-Level International Conference on Water Cooperation that will take place in Dushanbe from August 20-21.
More than 150 active women from different parts of the world are expected to participate in the Dushanbe Gender Forum.
The main objective of the Gender Forum is reportedly to address challenges and gaps, mechanisms and tools for effective water cooperation including capacity building for a participatory and inclusive approach involving women.
Tajik Deputy Prime Minister, Ms. Ruqiya Qurbonova, will give a key note speech.
The agenda of the forum includes sessions on the women engagement in water cooperation from the governance and good practices perspectives. An example cases from Nigeria, Armenia, Uganda and Sri Lanka describing roles of women in water cooperation and benefits for development, economics and environment will be presented in the course of the forum. Parallel working sessions on the basis of reality cases of Liberia, Bulgaria and Tajikistan will be held at the second part of the forum.
TajWSS Project is funded by the Government of Switzerland through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by OXFAM in Tajikistan in partnership with the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources and UNDP.
