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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

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Women in Water Management in El Salvador and Nicaragua

GWP Central America has published two case studies on women in water management, as part of the implementation of GWP´s Gender Strategy. The studies are available in Spanish.

In El Salvador, homes in the Jiboa Valley use various means of supplying their water needs. All them have as main protagonist women, who have an active role in the supply and use, but not precisely in governance or decision making. The study from El Salvador (in Spanish) is focused on the municipalities of Jerusalem, Apastepeque and San Ildefonso, located in the Valle de Jiboa (central El Salvador). One of the challenges that is identified in the study is that there is a need for a revision of existing water-related frameworks and laws, to incorporate the gender approach. Another is a need for climate change training with the inclusion of women. The study is a follow-up of the rainwater harvesting trainings and installation of systems in El Salvador in 2017, that were promoted as an alternative to water shortages and to strengthen the role of women in water management in their communities.

In Nicaragua, women are the ones in charge of ensuring the availability of water at home. Despite this link, they have little power for active participation and decision-making in community water management. The case study (in Spanish) addresses the main gender gaps and the degree of empowerment that women have achieved after a training program on community water management for women in 2014. The training was promoted by a group of organisations, including La Cuculmeca, a GWP partner. The objective was to train women so that they could aspire to employment in the Water and Sanitation Committees (CAPS), which are stipulated in the National CAPS Law. The study focused on the municipalities of Jinotega located in north-eastern Nicaragua; León and Achuapa, located in western Nicaragua.

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