Women in Water: Supporting Inclusive Contributions in the Industry

Addressing today’s complex water challenges requires a diverse workforce, yet women in the water sector continue to face barriers that limit their full contribution. As part of the Women in Water Project, driven by IWA’s Specialist Group on Sustainability in the Water Sector, the book 'Women in Water: How to Support Everyone’s Contribution' explores some of these challenges and lessons learned around opportunities, advancement, disrespectful behaviour, self-confidence, age, work-life balance, and mentoring.

The next phase of the Women in Water Project to deliver a series of workshops that will present the book’s findings and gather insights on how women, men and organisations can help overcome the key challenges faced by women in the industry. AfWASA just as in the first phase is supporting the Specialist Group to undertake this webinar in the African region. Open to water professionals of all genders, this online workshop is a valuable opportunity to learn about and provide input into the Women in Water Project, contributing to a more equitable water industry in the long-term.

As part of the workshop and to ensure a more meaningful experience, we encourage all the participants to fill a Pre-workshop survey here : https://forms.office.com/r/Amxg2ni5h5

(The pre-workshop survey is an online form and includes a series of questions to gather insights around potential solutions to key challenges faced by women in the water industry. No personal information will be collected)

Professionals in WASH, AfWASA YWPs, IWA YWP Chapters, , Students, YWP, AfWASA/IWA members and non-members, all genders

Women Professionals, Managers, Directors, Senior managers, Young Water Professionals: students, early career professionals Different parts of the water sector: utility, academia, NGO, consultancy, regulator, government organisations, industry, technology supplier, research institute, etc.

After attending, participants will be able to:

• Identify and understand barriers and opportunities related to diversity and inclusion of women in the water industry.
• Identify actions and interventions that can be applied to promote a more diverse workforce and a more iinclusive work environment, particularly for women and other gender minorities.
• Develop ideas for training and raising awareness of the challenges faced by women in the water industry and solutions for addressing them.