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Interagency Task Force on Gender & Water (TFGW)
As part of the activities of
, a new interagency Task
Force on Gender and Water was created to facilitate gender mainstreaming
in water-related United Nations policies and planning. The Task Force
unites gender and water focal points from
. The
Water, Natural Resources and SIDS Branch of the
Division for
Sustainable Development functions as Task Manager of the Interagency
Task Force.
The Task Force promotes the integration of a gender perspective:
- in implementing the programme of work of the Commission on Sustainable Development in water and sanitation;
- in efforts to meet the relevant (MDGs) on water and sanitation;
- into actions for the (2005-15);
- into the and the and ;
- into the (focusing on water resources).
More information about the Interagency Task Force on Gender and Water, including its latest report and the list of its current members, can be found here.
Background Information on Gender & Water:
- Gender-Disaggregated Data on Water and Sanitation: Expert Group Meeting Report
- A Gender Perspective on Water Resources and Sanitation, Wagadu, a Journal of Transnational Women’s and Gender Studies, Feb 06. Earlier version presented as
- (available in four languages: , , , )
- (available in and )
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