Training Content and Approach

The WWAP Training on sex-disaggregated water data collection and analysis has been developed based on the WWAP Toolkit, and consists of six macro-modules, which will equip trainees with both theoretical and practical knowledge on a range of relevant topics. 

Content

Six Macro-Modules of the WWAP Gender Training

The modules address a number of relevant topics from both a general as well as a more in-depth perspective: gender-related glossary, the concepts of gender equity and gender equality, the interconnection between gender issues and water, and the role of women in water resources management. This will be followed by a more hands-on part in which participants will be trained in the use of key indicators and in techniques to sex-disaggregate water data, the application of data validation and reliability, data recording and coding efficient systems. The concluding part of the training will consist of a training on the conversion of data into information, and the identification of possible implications to national and regional policies. The interactive approach of the training is guaranteed by the inclusion of exercises and short learning tests in each macro-module.

Briefly stated, one will gain understanding on e.g. the intrinsic interconnections between gender issues and water, gender-related concepts, the WWAP Gender Toolkit, data collection, and how to apply these concepts in practice.

Location, Trainers and Beneficiaries

The WWAP trainings on sex-disaggregated water data can be held directly in regional hubs upon request, as well as at the WWAP Secretariat Headquarters in Italy. The training is delivered by WWAP Staff, which may be supported by international experts. The target group is diverse and consists of different trainees such as the following (not exhaustive) list: medium-high level officers and decision-makers, water practitioners, officers of water-related governmental institutions at national level and regional agencies, NGOs, academies, local women organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.

Training Material

The WWAP Gender & Water Toolkit consists of different publications or tools that complement the course modules: 

i) the high-priority gender-sensitive water indicators (Tool 1);
ii) methodology for collecting sex-disaggregated data (Tool 2);
iii) guidelines to collect sex-disaggregated freshwater data and information (Tool 3) and;
iv) questionnaires for field surveys (Tool 4).

The WWAP Toolkit forms the methodological basis of gender analysis which combines different sets of quantitative and qualitative information, whereas the course modules teaches in practice how to perform proper data processing and thus gender analysis through a variety of exercises.

Expected Results and Follow-up

At the end of the training, the following objectives will have been reached:

  • An improved capacity of (water) professionals and policy-makers to disaggregate water data in terms of gender will contribute to the better understanding of the inter-connections between gender and water in the context of the social, economic and environmental dimensions. This will help performing gender-sensitive reporting on SDG 6, and make more visible women’s contribution to the field of water;
  • The participants will be in the position to make informed gender-sensitive decisions in their daily work, and hence contribute to transformative sustainable water resources management;
  • A reciprocal appreciation and new potential collaborations will have been established between the WWAP and the participants, as well as between the participants. This will promote sharing of experience and further dissemination of knowledge.

The training will strengthen the trainees’ abilities to provide improved statistics on gender and water, which in turn will inform evidence-based and effective policies for women’s empowerment and gender equality in water resources management in their own countries. In this way the capacity program will result in improvements on the ground for women empowerment and gender equality. The network that will be initiated during the training activities (between trainees as well as between trainees and the WWAP) can become a continuing source of opportunities for experiences exchange and knowledge dissemination.

WWAP plans to promote each training program worldwide, providing visibility in its website, through social media and outreach initiatives, and through the UNESCO network outreach.

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