Women River and Water - a Closely connected theme
Publish in Thmey Thmey on 14th March 2020 https://cambodianess.com/article/women-rivers-and-water-a-closely-connected-theme?fbclid=IwAR1wZvVxDXCYFCXqCW6srFC6g4KBdmKVDV9WQxRDsTYjZjBHizuOgNE2AZE PHNOM PENH--This month, we commemorate International Women’s Day (March 8), the International Day of Actions for Rivers (March 14) and World Water Day (March 22). These annual events and the World Water Day theme this year “Nature and Climate Change” is a timely reminder of the inter-connection between water and climate change. The world has been experiencing the extreme impacts of climate change not least here in the Mekong region. As a woman development practitioner working with Oxfam on water governance in the Mekong, these March events are a timely reminder to me and us all of the inter-dependencies between women, rivers and water, and pose the challenge whether enough attention is being paid to the inclusion and leadership of women and their game-changing role in water stewardship and ...