Palestinian water law and policy expert, Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad, has died in a car crash on her way back from the Water Forum in Istanbul to Ramallah. Dr. Daibes Murad had been in Istanbul, representing the Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) at the 5th World Water Forum on the topic of water and conflict, contributing from a gender perspective. “Fadia was an important defender of the water rights of Palestine women and men, so intelligent, and full of energy”, says Joke Muylwijk, Executive Director of the GWA.

Dr. Daibes Murad was the Regional Representative for DanChurchAid in Ramallah, Palestine. She had a PhD from the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science in Dundee, UK. She then worked for eight years with the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) and later became a freelance water law and policy consultant, specialising in the water conflict between Israel and Palestine.

[1] Statement of Dr. Fadia Daibes Murad at 5th World Water Forum

Related web sites:

• DanChurchAid
• UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science
• Palestinian Water Authority

Source:GWA, 26 Mar 2009

See below a video interview Dr. Daibes Murad gave at the 5th World Water Forum.

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