Women at Work: Day 2 of Women’s Preconference to the World Water Forum
Day two at the Preconference was another exciting day. With about 60-80 attendees, only one of whom was male, the group of us became close quickly. Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena , Minister of Water Supply...
View ArticleWater as a Right: More Spending Needed, Rio+20
(Post by Abby Waldorf) In 2010, the United Nations declared water and sanitation a human right. The UN Human Rights Council subsequently passed a resolution in 2011 recognizing the human right to...
View ArticleThe CEO Water Mandate: A Step Towards Addressing Our World’s Water Challenges
(Post by Kit Dobyns, a rising senior at Cornell University. He is reporting from Rio+20 as a member of the SustainUS Delegation.) Eight hundred million people do not have access to clean water....
View ArticleIs Rio+20 Listening to Women?
The United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development is the world’s largest gathering of civil society organizations, corporations and governments focused on global sustainability. Twenty...
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