HOW: Channeling Water Solutions
HOW: Channeling Water Solutions
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HOW: Channeling Water Solutions is brought to you by W12+, a movement to connect, catalyze, and incubate urban water solutions starting with local organizations and leaders. Water sustains every one of us, and in a rapidly urbanizing world amidst a global climate crisis, the HOW Podcast is connecting you with leaders who are pushing the boundaries on what’s possible for a water secure future. We explore not just the technical work behind these solutions, but the people driving them. Come learn from our guests and hear how the future of water is happening today.
W12+ is a partnership of motivated organizations that connect, catalyze, and incubate urban water solutions. W12+ facilitates conversations and research to turn words into action. W12+ has partnerships in South Africa and South Sudan with more to come in 2022.
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The podcast emphasizes themes such as sustainable water management, gender equity in water access, and community-driven solutions, with episodes spotlighting local NGOs like ARUWE's influence on Ugandan women's empowerment and EWIWA's role in promoting gender equality in Ethiopia’s water sector.
HOW: Channeling Water Solutions is brought to you by W12+, a movement to connect, catalyze, and incubate urban water solutions starting with local organizations and leaders. Water sustains every one of us, and in a rapidly urbanizing world amidst a global climate crisis, the HOW Podcast is connecting you with leaders who are pushing the boundaries on what’s possible for a water secure future. We explore not just the technical work behind these solutions, but the people driving them. Come learn from our guests and hear how the future of water is happening today.
W12+ is a partnership of motivated organizations that connect, catalyze, and incubate urban water solutions. W12+ facilitates conversations and research to turn words into action. W12+ has partnerships in South Africa and South Sudan with more to come in 2022.
Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment’s (ARUWE) Executive Director, Agnes Mirembe, shares her journey and how ARUWE advances women’s rights, climate-smart agriculture, and water access in Uganda. Discover how this local NGO blends personal experience with impactful programs for rural communities. Agnes highlights how water shaped her childhood—and how that experience now shapes her leadership. This episode examines how water scarcity disproportionately affects women and girls, particularly through the burden of water collection and entrenched social norms that perpetuate their vulnerability. Issues such as distant water sources, limited access points, and the impact on education (including menstrual hygiene challenges) contribute to…
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