Meeting report: Women Leaders in Transboundary Water Governance, The Experience from Ethiopia

Summary

On March 5, CIWA’s Male Champions for Women’s Empowerment (MCWE) hosted a learning webinar to explore how Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy integrates a gender-transformative approach to promote equality and women’s leadership. Dereje Gebremichael, a Male Champion who joined when MCWE was launched in 2023, played a key role to help organize the event which brought together 76 participants from across Africa. Participants included staff from the Ministry of Water and Energy; members of the Ethiopian Nile Discourse Forum; CIWA’s Male Champions, water diplomacy practitioners and negotiators; representatives from basin organizations and transboundary water institutions; civil society organizations, NGOs, and women’s networks; researchers, academics, and students; donors, development partners, and international organizations.