Side Event- Access to Water & Sanitation through a Gender Lens- July 7 @ 7. 30 AM EST
Beena J
Dear Friends,
We invite you to our High Level Political Side Event, Access to Water and Sanitation through a gender lens which is being held on July 7th, 2021 @ 7.30 AM EST.
Please find below the link to register and join:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=20000&nr=7473&menu=2993
In most societies, women are primarily responsible for managing water supply, sanitation and household health. Water is needed not only for drinking, but also for food production and preparation, pet care, personal hygiene, sick care, cleaning, washing and waste disposal. Because of their dependence on water resources, women have accumulated considerable knowledge about these resources, including their location, quality, and storage methods. However, efforts to improve the management of the world's limited water resources and expand access to clean water and adequate sanitation often overlook the central role of women in water management. Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) are among the most vulnerable, and ostracised in the sphere of social, economic, political development. Individuals from these communities who are at the intersections of other identities – like disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, and whether they belong to indigenous populations or migrant populations – face further discrimination and violence. This event will examine access to water and sanitation through a gender lens, taking into account other intersectional characteristics such as disability, sexual orientation, age, and membership in indigenous or migrant populations.
Guiding questions:
SDG 6 through a gender lense, obstacles, challenges and opportunities
What are the common challenges and how can they be overcome together?
To what extent can the United Nations support these efforts?
Session Moderator: Amb. Rita Izsák, OSCE Personal Representative on Children and Security; Member, Committee for Elimination of Racial Discriminatoin; Former UN Special Rapporteur for Minority Issues
Panellists:
Anna Tulie Araújo, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the União Libertária de Pessoas Trans e Travestis in Brazil; Member of LGBTI Stakeholder Group
Wadarina, Women's MG & APRCEM
Vercilene Francisco Dias, CDWD-Rights Expert from Brazil; Member CONAQ – the National Coordination of of Rural Black Quilombola Communities in Brazil
Dominique Pierre Maxwell, CDWD-Rights Expert from Mauritania; Founder of Grand Lekol Filozofi Mauritius
Durga Sob, Vice-Chairperson, Asia Dalit Rights Forum; Founder, Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO), Nepal
Kind Regards,
Beena J Pallical
General Secretary
NCDHR-National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights-DAAA
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New Delhi - 110 008
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