Archive for April 2012
GWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: GWWI Director, Gemma Bulos Raising the Voice of Women in Water on Huffington Post!
Gemma Bulos, GWWI Director The Global Women’s Water Initiative is so excited to announce that Gemma Bulos, GWWI Director, published a powerful article, “Transforming Women’s Water Burdens Into Economic Opportunities” in the Huffington Post! Because of this recent piece, she has been invited to be a regular HuffPost blogger! As an award-winning social entrepreneur, water advocate,…
Read MoreAngella and Martha Win an Award and Buy a Brick Machine!
Angella and Martha have two big reasons to celebrate and are one step closer to reaching their goal of providing their community with access to water! First, they were able to raise funds from their local supporters and community members to buy an ISSB brick-making machine to build strong water tanks and rainwater harvesting systems!…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: UCOBAC Receives the Gift of Hygiene from CNN Hero, Derek Kayonga!
The Global Women’s Water Initiative is thrilled to share this video featuring CNN Hero Derek Kayonga of the Global Soap Project (GSP) providing UCOBAC with recycled soap thanks to GWWI Fellow, Lily Dimling! A primary goal of GWWI is to create an international network of women leaders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector providing a platform…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: Eye on iCON
When the Global Women’s Water Initiative organizes a training in a region, we identify a strong partner who will be our local host. They are GWWIs most important lens into the intricacies of the regional issues that women face. They also offer their expertise into the appropriate design of the program and ensure that we…
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