The second gender technical working group meeting

Further Support Needed for Implementing Gender Policy in the Water Sector

On 26 October, the Information and Analytical Centre under the Ministry of Water Resources of Uzbekistan hosted a regular meeting of the Technical Working Group on Gender Mainstreaming in Uzbekistan’s Water Sector.

The objectives of the meeting were to:

Jointly discuss the main gaps and barriers to integrating gender principles into the water sector, including:

supporting an enabling framework for women’s empowerment and monitoring its implementation;
promoting women’s participation in political decision-making;
reducing barriers to women’s participation, empowerment and leadership at all levels of water governance.

Key issues to be addressed:

developing a regulatory and legal framework for women’s empowerment in the water sector;
incorporating gender criteria and defining relevant indicators within the water sector’s strategic frameworks;
identifying ways to strengthen the gender dimension in the work of other technical working groups;
planning the Technical Working Group’s 2024 meetings aimed at advancing gender equality and increasing women’s participation in the water sector.

The meeting brought together technical experts and representatives of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its Information, Analytical and Resource Centre, government institutions involved in integrated water resources management, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Union, FAO, GIZ, SDC, UNDP and other interested development partners.