22 March | Organised by Soroptimist International and Women for Water Partnership ‘WOMEN, WATER, CLIMATE CHANGE – ROLES AND RISKS TACKLING THE CHALLENGES’
This session highlights the importance of Enabling and Empowering Women to contribute to effective Climate Action under different circumstances. Furthermore, the importance to integrate Gender-Responsive approaches to Climate Change – Environmental and Disaster Risk Reduction – Policies and Programmes, will be part of this discussion, including:
The Catalytic role of Women in Water Management
The Gender Dimension of Water and Climate Change
Mental Health connected with Climate Change
A brief history of Women, Water, and the UN Assembly
Youth Resiliency and Climate Change: Possibilities and Barriers
Mwihoko Women Group, Kenya – Education and Training Programme
Speakers:
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, President of Women for Water Partnership and Past President of Soroptimist International
Barbara Pozzo, Prof. Dr. Full Professor of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria, Como, Italy
Dr. Helen Berry, Inaugural Professor of Climate Change and Mental Health at the University of Sydney
Linda Witong, California Assistant District Attorney, Soroptimist International Advocacy Advisor
Mary Muia, Soroptimist International UN Representative at UNEP, Nairobi
Rose Makunzo Mwangi, Member of the Steering Committee, Women for Water Partnership.