Online materials dedicated to the gender aspects of water management in Central Asia and Afghanistan

The goal of the proceedings is to attend a broad audience to the improvement of regional communities through
extension of women’s role in water sector management.
The articles in the proceedings are grouped into three main blocks: “Women and water education”, “Women
and access to water” and “Women in water resource management”. The articles describe examples from
Central Asia and some other countries.
The proceedings is intended for regional activists, researchers and politicians involved in solving practical
issues related to the role of women in the water sector. The proceedings will be useful to all readers interested
in the status of women in relation to the practical issue of water resources management.

Compilation of the materials from participants of the regional project

Water resources are one of the main factors of economic development in the Central Asian region, significantly affected by climate change at different levels. Despite the recognition of the role of women in water management, the introduction of methods and strategies to overcome gender and, not only, barriers to women’s equal participation remains unclear. Therefore, a gender perspective in water management becomes especially important in a situation where water is becoming less and competition among users is growing. The purpose of the events is to provide opportunities for young scientists, researchers, international and regional experts, students, etc. to discuss key gender issues in the field of water resources and to promote the development of local community capacities.

Women and access to water

Video-presentations

Women for Water Rio/Dublin Principle 3 for Integrated Water Resources Management

Speaker: Alice Bouman-Dentener – Founder and president of Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), Vice-chair and Chair a.i. of the Global Water Partnership

Gender issues in water resource management in Armenia

Speaker: Hasmik Barseghyan – President of the European Youth Parliament for Water (EYPW)

Impact of water availability on Women time (case study in Bulunkul village, Pamir, Tajikistan)

Speaker: Adeba Rahmatulah – Master student, Kazakh-German University

Women and access to water: results of the “Groundwater Governance in Transboundary Aquifers” (GGRETA) project, sponsored by UNESCO (in Russian)

Speaker: Viktoriya Krylova-
PhD in Geography,
Senior Staff Scientist,
Institute of Geography

Gender Issues in Rural area of Uzbekistan under Climate Change (in Russian)

Speaker: Zuhrakhon Tillyahodjayeva – Hydrometeorological Research Institute (NIGMI) of Uzhydromet, researcher

Women and water education

Video-presentations

Women & water education in Afghanistan

Speaker: Fahima Sadeqinazhad- Hydrologist researcher

Women & Water Education in Armenia

Speaker: Hasmik Barseghyan – Armenia President of the European Youth Parliament for Water (EYPW), Renewable Energy Programs Coordinator in Women in Climate and Energy (WICE) Armenia

Prospects for enhancing the participation of women in IWRM in the Tajik part of the Syr Darya river basin: education aspects (in Russian)

Speaker: Hairinisso Rasulova – Researcher, Khujand State University named after Acad. B. Gafurova

Gender considerations as exemplified by the National Project “Water Resources Management in Tajikistan” in the Tajik part of the Syr Darya River (in Russian)

Speaker: Shohida Tulieva  – National Water Resources Management Project (Project Officer), Water efficiency/productivity and Gender and Social equality, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation

Media coverage of distribution of gender labor in water sector of Uzbekistan (in Russian)

Speaker: Mahzuna Bozorova – doctoral student, National University of Uzbekistan

Women, Water and Health

Video-presentations

Women, Water and Health; The Protocol on Water and Health

Speaker: Alice Bouman-Dentener –  Vice-President Water Research and Training Centre International Foundation, Vice-Chair and Governance Director Trade + Impact Association, Director of DiploriA

Role of Women in Water & Sanitation (case study: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan)

Speaker: Olivier Normand – Project Manager, The International Secretariat for Water (ISW), Central Asia programs

Enabling Women to Participate in Sustainable Water Management in Armenia

Speaker: Emma Anakhasyan – expert on environmental health, Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment

Impact of water availability on Women health (case study in Bulunkul village, Pamir, Tajikistan)

Speaker: Adeba Rahmatullah – Master student, Kazakh-German University, UNESCO Chair on water resources management

Several results of gender analysis in the field of water resources and water household of the Kyrgyz Republic (In Russian)

Speaker: Ekaterina Sakhvaeva – Kyrgyz Research Institute of Irrigation, CAR@WAN, CAWWA

Women, Water and Climate Change

Video-presentations

Gender Impacts from Weather Extremes in South India

Speaker: Dr. Stefanos Xenarios – Associate Professor, Nazarbayev University, Graduate School of Public Policy (GSPP),  Kazakhstan

Access to potable water in rural isolated communities of Argentina: challenges to integrate a gender equality approach

Speaker: Mora Laiño – Communications and Sustainability Analyst, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina

Challenges women face while securing food in rural communities of Kyrgyzstan

Speaker: Aiperi Otunchieva, PhD student, University of Kassel, Germany

Women are Positive Change Makers

Speaker: Guljamal Nurmuhamedova –  “Ynanch-Vepa” – analytical agency, Turkmenistan

Women representatives of the private sector in rural areas. Climate change and access to water: challenges and solutions (in Russian)

Speaker: Korenkova Anastasia – Self-employed, Almaty, Kazakhstan

The role of women in the context of climate change in the Kaskelen river basin (in Russian)

Speaker: Diana Aripkhanova – master student, IWRM master program, Kazakh-German University, Kazakhstan

Water Issues & Gender: An issue for all with disproportionate effects (Additional presentation)

Speaker: Anna CohenMiller, PhD, Co-Director Consortium of Gender Scholars; Assistant Professor, Graduate, School of Education, Nazarbayev University; Neil Collins, PhD, Professor Political Science, Nazarbayev University

Women and disaster risk reduction

Video-presentations

Disaster Risk Reduction. The Women and Water Connection

Speaker: Alice Bouman-Dentener – Vice-President Water Research and Training Centre International Foundation, Vice-Chair and Governance Director Trade + Impact Association, Director of DiploriA, Netherlands

Technical Vocational and Education Training (TVET) for Women and DRR

Speaker: Mora Laiño – Communications and Sustainability Analyst, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina

Women and disaster risk reduction in Kazakhstan

Speaker: Zhaniya Khaibullina – PhD student, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Enhancing the role of women in Water User Associations: country overview

Speaker: Minura Begishbek kyzy – 1st course MA student of IWRM, Kazakh-German University

Women in the prevention of hazardous hydrological phenomena on the rivers of the Kyrgyz Republic (in Russian)

Speaker: Olga Kalashnikova – Researcher, Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, Kyrgyzstan

Women and water governance on local, national and transboundary level

Video-presentations

Gender and transboundary water governance in Central Asia

Speaker: Jenniver Sehring – Senior Lecturer in Water Governance and Diplomacy, IHE Delft, Netherlands

Women and local water governance

Speaker: Nozilakhon Mukhamedova – Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Gender Mainstreaming in Water Management in Central Asia: Experience of SIC ICWC

Speaker: Dinara Ziganshina – PhD, Deputy Director, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Сommission for Water Coordination in Сentral Asia, Uzbekistan

Water Unites

Speaker: Alfred Diebold – former technical director of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea

Women of Kyrgyzstan in water management (in Russian)

Speaker: Kasiet Musabaeva – Chief of Country Water Partnership, Kyrgyzstan

Promoting a Gender Approach in Central Asia: CAREC Experience (in Russian)

Speaker: Ekaterina Strikeleva – Chief of Party (CoP) of Smart Waters project, Water Initiatives Support Program, The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC), Kazakhstan

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