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Dehradun: The Uttarakhand chapter of FICCI Ladies Organisation, FLO Jammu-Kashmir & Ladakh, and Industries Association of Uttarakhand hosted a virtual panel discussion titled ‘Women & Water: Challenges & Opportunities towards Sustainable Conservation’ today.
The panellists of the session were Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute Dr Ravinder Kaur, Executive Secretary-cum-Country Coordinator, India Water Partnership Dr Veena Khanduri, and Trustee & VP – Programs & Partnerships, Save Water Network Poonam Sewak.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Veena Khanduri said, “As primary providers, managers and users of water, women and youth are very uniquely placed and positioned to help in deriving the productive changes in the water security scenario. Climate change has put enormous pressure on water security all over the world.”
James Joiner
Wednesday 12 May, 2021
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This post is part of a blog series on funding provided by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) that the GSMA awarded to nine previous grantees in the water, sanitation, education, health and food security sectors which enabled them to continue delivering essential services to customers following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we look at changes in the use of mobile money across the water and sanitation sectors during the pandemic.
during the pandemic and consider how the grant funding supported them.
Water and sanitation providers were already in a precarious financial position before the pandemic. Based on IBNET data, only 35 per cent of water providers globally are generating sufficient revenue to cover operational and maintenance costs. Achieving financial sustainability is also a key challenge for sanitation providers looking to deliver services to the 2.5 billion people that still lack access to improved sanitation. The situation has been made tougher by the pandemic. Against the backdrop of needing to continue providing critical services to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, utilities and providers faced numerous other challenges, including the following:
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