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Women, Water, and Peace by Eng. Maysoon Al-Zoubi Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan
By undefined | Categories: Water Articles | 12th January 2020 | Edit | Delete

A recent report by the World Bank in the Middle East and North Africa region, highlighted that even though the MENA region has witnessed extraordinary social and political upheaval, with women often on the frontlines of popular action driving change, the position of women remains restricted in many countries. The region continues to have the lowest female workforce participation rate of any global region and one out of three young Arab women is unemployed in the Middle East, compared with eight out of ten young men.

 

While women in the region continue to be held back by cultural and constitutional constraints, many are being well-educated. Today, there are more Arab women serving in private company’s boardrooms, political cabinets and the regional media than ever before.

 

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maysoon
بالمختصر صديقي
• إن مشاركة المرأة في عمليات بناء السلام تعزز من قدرة صانعي السلام؛ ذلك أن النساء يمثلن الطرف الاكثر تمثلاً للواقع الاجتماعي أثناء وبعد فترة النزاع، والاكثر اطلاعا على الاحتياجات الملحة التي تطرحها ظروف الحياة غير المستقرة في ظل المعاناة التي تفرضها الحرب؛ ومن ثم تُطرح مسألة إدراج النساء في عمليات بناء السلام وتمكينهن من المشاركة في المفاوضات لتحقيق مفهوم العدالة االاجتماعية والمساواة، والتمكن من الوصول إلى نتائج وأهداف تمس الاحتياجات الفعلية المطروحة من قلب الواقع المعاش.
• تعتبــر المــرأة عنصــرا أساســيا فــي اســتخدام الميــاه وحفظهــا علــى أســاس يومــي وفــي كل أنحــاء العالــم. إن ضمــان حصــول المــرأة علــى قــدم المســاواة علــى مــوارد الميــاه والمشــاركة فــي صياغــة سياســات واســتراتيجيات الميــاه أمــر بالــغ الاهمية، حيث ان المراة أسرع استجابة مع الأزمات المتعلقة بقضايا ندرة المياه.
maysoon
At the national policy level, women representatives can help design more inclusive policies and raise issues that might have been otherwise neglected. Increasing the number of women in local water committees is a great first step, but women's leadership nationally and internationally would likely result in even greater benefits.
maysoon
Enabling women to have a meaningful voice in decision-making provides an opportunity to include their distinctive knowledge, diverse perspectives and experiences to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of relevant water issues and challenges and to identify a broader set of equitable solutions to those challenges.
salah-albaderi
يا ريت لو في نسخه عربيه لتعم الفائده اكثر
مع كل الاحترام
thawab-belghiti
Good article, I think women are often the main users and managers of water resources in the arabic countries and they can play a significant role in the water issue
mariim-alfahim
Thank you for this nice article, that is really helpful one.
women’s voices must be heard at
national and international levels if global equity is to prevail in a water-scarce world.
That is 100% true!
dr-hazim-el-naser-1
Amazing, useful and professional article. thanks a lot