Palestinian Women Water Network
Palestinian Hydrology Group
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Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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Description
The Palestinian Women Water Network was found in 2021, its is a platform that coordinates efforts of various actors in the WASH sector to advance gender equality and social inclusion. The network is a grassroots body that works to access all women WASH practitioners in Palestine, improve their participation in decision making and improve their access to opportunities and income. In 2021 and 2022, the Network started a mapping to learn about the roles and needs of all women university students of WASH related subject, workers in WASH service providers and workers in governmental and civil society organizations. It also organized many capacity building activities for women and youth and supported their initiatives. In this project, (1) women and youth will continue the mapping and the creating of a database for the women in the WASH sector, (2) The Network will establish digital platforms for peer learning and exchange between women and youth. (3) It will also build women capacity through a feminist mentorship program, and (4) supporting women and youth led initiatives and (5) advocacy campaigns. In and by itself, the women and youth led research and action is a social justice tool. It is also a sustainable approach that build on the women and youth assets and strengths. Besides being a grassroots body, the Network is a platform for coordinating efforts of the various actors in the WASH sector which makes it well placed to anchor active citizenry at the different levels and mobilize many actors to build the capacity of individuals and organizations at the grassroots level.
The overall objective of the project is to facilitate the participation of the women and youth water practitioners in the policy and the programming of the WASH sector as
active stakeholders.
The project has three results which are:
Result 1: Continue the institutionalization and capacity development of the
Palestinian Women Water Practitioners Network as a grassroots body that concerns
about all the women water practitioners in Palestine and works with other
stakeholders to advance women and youth inclusion in the sector.
Result 2: Support women and youth led learning and action following asset-based
community development approaches.
Result 3: Unify women and youth voices and efforts to advocate for increased
transparency, accountability, and inclusion in the WASH sector.
through implementing out activities and achieving our outcomes we interlink with the SDG goals #5 & #6
The first result is to continue to institutionalize the Palestinian Women Water Practitioners Network, through (1) registering the network or finding a democratic hosting mechanism, (2) grow the Networks general assembly and (3) promote the Network including through social media. As a grassroots body that concerns about women and youth WASH practitioners and connects them to the various actors in the sector, the Network is well positioned to advocate for improved governance and human rights and inclusion.
The second result is to support women and youth led actions to influence the sector’s policy and programming using a community led development methods, including (1) a youth and women led peer learning trajectory where the youth define the learning topics and the learning methods, conduct research to find solutions, and develop initiatives to support governance and livelihoods through improved governance and technical innovation, (2) continue to build a database for all of the Palestinian Women Water Practitioners and (3) establish digital platforms for peer learning among women and youth WASH practitioners and to unify their voices and advocacy efforts and (4) establish a program for feminist mentorship for women and youth at the different levels. This peer learning, women and youth led feminist approach sustainable and it
strengthens the peers networking which is important to strengthen joint work for advancing human rights and governance.
The third result is unifying the voices of women and youth for joint advocacy for improve transparency, accountability and governance through (1) establishing a women and youth led watchdog for monitoring gender equality, social inclusion and good governance in the WASH sector, (2) conduct a participatory research on the potential role of the men water practitioners in advancing gender equality and social inclusion and (3) a youth and women led advocacy campaign that is based on youth priorities.
The Network is currently hosted by the Palestinian Hydrology Group and led by a Steering Committee that is considered to be our main partners which are: the Palestinian Water Authority, the Water Sector Regulatory Council, the Environment Quality Authority, Birzeit University, ARIJ, the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network, the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees, the Women’s Affairs Technical Committee, the Rural Women Development Society, the Women Affairs Center and individual water practitioners.
PWWPN beneficiaries are: Rural Woman in CBOs (the Rural Woman CBOs are one of the core target groups to engage them in discussions, policy formulation, specific
issues focus groups and training programs.), Active woman in rural areas (many woman working in domestic use or irrigation are active and they are looking to platform to address their problems), Young female water professionals and graduates (to promote among this target group, the concept of multi displinery water management (IWRM) and the socioeconomic of water such as water and poverty, water and human rights), Women working in NGOs and women social movement, (this target group to work with PWWPN to make water as one of their activities and a component of human rights issues.)
SDGS & Targets
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.1
End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.1.1
Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
5.2
5.2.1
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
5.2.2
Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
5.3
5.3.1
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
5.3.2
Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
5.4
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
5.4.1
Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
5.5
Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.5.1
Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
5.5.2
Proportion of women in managerial positions
5.6
Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences
5.6.1
Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
5.6.2
Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
5.a
Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
5.a.1
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
5.b
5.b.1
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
5.c
Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
5.c.1
Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
SDG 14 targets covered
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The Network has also worked in close cooperation with the WASH Cluster, the Union of Water Service Providers, several CBOs as well as many big donors such as AFD, the Quartet and the EU. It also worked with may universities. Although its new, the Network has a great potential which allowed it to reach out to a wide range of actors in the WASH sector. This project will establish sustainable platforms and mechanisms which coordinate the efforts of the various actors and connect them to women and youth.
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eman , Project Coordinator for Palestinian Women Water Network
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