Source Bulletin 46

Published - 10 Nov 06

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Readers’ Opinion

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Capture synergies between the Millennium Development Goals on Hunger and on Water and Sanitation

Interdisciplinary field research aimed at developing a comprehensive knowledge base on the linkages between water, sanitation and hygiene on the one hand and nutrition and food security on the other is greatly needed, argues Robert Lenton.

Lions and crocodiles kill in Kenya

Lions and crocodiles have killed women, men and children fetching water in Kenya.

Nepal: Tiger attack on young girl prompts villagers to end open defecation in fields

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring change. That is what happened in the village of Ghogatal, in Doti district, Nepal when a little girl was killed because she had to put herself into danger, just to do her daily business.

Human Development Report 2006: G8 to lead global action plan against world water and sanitation crisis

A Global Action Plan under G8 leadership is urgently needed to resolve a growing water and sanitation crisis that causes nearly two million child deaths every year, says the 2006 Human Development Report, released on 9 November 2006. Across much of the developing world, unclean water is an immeasurably greater threat to human security than violent conflict, according to the Report, entitled Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis.

Welcome aboard to our new partners!

This issue of Source Bulletin sees the start of an exciting series of changes which will strengthen the content of the Bulletin and show collaboration in action between IRC, the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) and Cap-Net. Coverage of gender issues and integrated water resources management will be strengthened, as GWA and Cap-Net and their members each contribute two extra pages of stories from the field and about their organisations.

WWD 2007 theme: Coping with Water Scarcity

'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on 22 March.

The Work of the Gender and Water Alliance

Gender deals with differences between women and men, the usually unequal relations between them, the division of work, their different responsibilities and skills and their different rights.

Gender and social water management in the Custepec river basin, Chiapas, Mexico

"We have gained power and security, and the consciousness of women has increased. We became aware of our rights; as women we have the right to go out of the house. Now we are participating and we can decide; before we did not attend courses and we did not participate actively in the meetings."

From the GWA Secretariat

We welcome all Source Readers, as we hope you welcome Gender and Water Alliance's pages in this Bulletin. We will write about real situations related to water and gender, and request your feedback and requests for particular topics.

Rutger heads IRC Information and Communication section

Rutger Verkerk has joined IRC as the new section head for Information and Communication. Rutger comes from Artsen Zonder Grenzen (the Dutch Médecins sans frontières) where he was Head of Facilities, Finance, ICT and the Information Documentation Centre.

IRC now autonomous foundation

IRC has become an autonomous Foundation, completing a long journey towards organisational independence. On 19 October 2006, IRC celebrated the successful conclusion of the enhanced autonomy process (as it was called for a long time) and the establishment of our new governance structure as a Foundation with a Board of Supervisors.

IRC 2007-2011: More focus and integration of activities

IRC will strengthen its position as an information broker, sector innovator and capacity builder over the next five years, to support sector efforts to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It will also strengthen partnerships to increase the impact of its activities.