Anna Tibaijuka / Sanitation in the Urban Millennium / Part 5

Anna Tibaijuka on sanitation issues and their effects on women.
Speech held at the Soroptimist International of Europe Water Congress, held in Amsterdam, 2009.

Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity.

Anna Tibaijuka is the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT. (www.unhabitat.org)

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Jointly achieving sustainable livelihoods

UNESCO-IHE and the Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) have agreed to jointly enhance women's participation in achieving sustainable livelihoods

With the launch of this strategic partnership, UNESCO-IHE and the WfWP will work on UNESCO-IHE’s Waters & Society Programme, on the World Water Development Report of the United Nations and on the follow-up of the outcomes of World Water Forum 5.

Co-convenors

WfWP and UNESCO-IHE were co-convenors of Topic 6.1 'Education and Capacity Development Strategies' at the World Water Forum, at which their creative approach in highlighting the issues drew many accolades. The strategic partnership is intended to broaden the joint efforts towards inclusion of gender issues and women's empowerment in the water and sanitation sectors.

Scholarship

Besides this, UNESCO-IHE will facilitate the WfWP's participation in technical and high-level events; a future scholarship and internship programme. This also will be aimed at enhancing women's participation and practice on the ground components in UNESCO-IHE's education programs and with its academic partners. The new partners will disseminate each others material at events and will fundraise together.

Women for Water Partnership

The Women for Water Partnership is an international network of women's organisations with presence in approximately 100 countries of the world. They contribute to women's empowerment and combating poverty taking water and sanitation as a point of entry.

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75% of China's rivers and lakes are polluted

China has 20% of the world’s population but only 7% of global water resources. To make matters worse, 90% of cities’ groundwater and 75% of rivers and lakes are polluted according to the World Bank. This means that 700 million people drink contaminated water every day.

source: 15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind

http://www.businessinsider.com/15-facts-about-china-that-will-blow-your-mind-2010-2#the-majority-of-chinese-drink-polluted-water-15

WHITE PAPER ABSTRACT: Teen Dating Violence

source: soroptimist.org/whitepapers/wp_teendating.html

In this white paper, Soroptimist International of the Americas, working to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world, examines the issue of teen dating violence. Dating and intimate relationships are a normal part of growing up for many adolescents. Yet teenagers frequently form their first romantic relationship without a clear understanding of what constitutes a healthy versus an unhealthy relationship.

As a result, they are particularly vulnerable to becoming targets of dating abuse. Fifty-seven percent of teens know someone who has been verbally, physically, or sexually abusive in a dating relationship. Moreover, females ages 16 to 24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group. Although the patterns and signs of teen dating violence tend to mirror those exhibited in adult abusive relationships, there are some unique issues that teens face. This white paper examines those unique issues as they relate to the factors that influence teen dating violence, as well as the consequences thereof.

The paper also addresses the unique obstacles teens face when seeking help and/or deciding to end an abusive relationship.

Download White Paper

webclip: Soroptimist Africa Projects

Soroptimist Africa Projects from Soroptimist Europe on Vimeo.

See how Soroptimists support their sisters in various development projects and in helping to build a better future. Projects run by Soroptimists in Africa for improving conditions for young women.

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