Water Justice News
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management – Report
The Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the Americas held the second Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting from September 25-27, 2023, in Popayán, Colombia. This meeting of water defenders and movement from across the region and around the world was convened to share knowledge and experiences, gain new understandings of old…
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The BPP Joins the Africa Water Justice Network in Condemning the Siege on Gaza and Urging Respect for Human Rights and International Law
Read the original AWJN statement. Accra, October 14, 2023 – The Africa Water Justice Network (AWJN) strongly condemns the ongoing siege and denial of water and other basic necessities to the people of Gaza by the Israeli government. We call upon all actors involved to respect human rights and international law in their actions. The…
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting is Fast Approaching!
Since it was founded in 2009, the Platform for Community Partnerships of the Americas (PAPC) has been working to promote and defend access to and supply of water as a common good and a fundamental human right. As a part of this work, the PAPC convened the Horizons of Community Water Management Meeting in Medellin, Colombia in 2019. To…
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Africa Water Justice Network Condemns Apartheid Israeli Government’s Irony in Showcasing Water Governance in Africa
PRESS STATEMENT Issued 11 July 2023 for Immediate Release Africa Water Justice Network Condemns Apartheid Israeli Government’s Irony in Showcasing Water Governance in Africa Accra, Ghana – The Africa Water Justice Network, a Pan-African water justice group, vehemently condemns the seminar held on 10th July by the City of Tshwane in collaboration with representatives of…
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The Blue Planet Project at the UN 2023 Water Conference
The BPP will be at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York from March 22-24, alongside our partners from around the world. The Water Justice Manifesto We have joined global Water Justice Movements to amplify the voices of water defenders and frontline communities to call on all those present at the conference to address…
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BPP Partner Mathare Social Justice Centre Struggles for Clean Water and Sanitation
Access to affordable and clean water cannot be taken for granted in Nairobi’s neighbourhood of Mathare. Gacheke Gachihi outlines the structural changes needed to guarantee affordable water for all. Since the early 2000s, the struggle to access clean water and sanitation in Mathare has continued to sharpen as the population increases and water demand and…
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The Water Justice Manifesto
Endorse the Water Justice Manifesto here! The undersigned organizations, Indigenous Peoples, social movements and water defenders address the United Nations at the 2023 UN Water Conference to amplify the voices of the unheard and insist that the following fundamental issues be placed at the center of water policies at the global, regional, national and subnational…
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Water is Life, Water Justice For All
By: Meera Karunananthan and Marcela Olivera For more than two decades The Blue Planet Project (BPP) has worked with global frontline communities struggling for water justice—with more than 300 communities successfully taking water back into public hands. BPP takes a feminist and anti-colonial approach that centers around women, Indigenous Peoples and marginalized communities. Water is life According…
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Launch of the People’s Water Forum and the Blue February campaign: Towards the 2023 UN Water Conference
Building on more than two decades of opposition to the corporate capture of global water governance at the World Water Forum, held every three years, Global Water Justice Movements have come together to form a permanent People’s Water Forum. As the UN prepares to host its first conference on water in 40 years, the 2023…
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‘Our Future is Public: Santiago Declaration for Public Services’
From 29th November to 2nd December the Blue Planet Project joined over a thousand representatives from over one hundred countries, from grassroots movements, advocacy, human rights, and development organisations, feminist movements, trade unions, and other civil society organisations, in Santiago, Chile, and virtually, to discuss the critical role of public services for our future. Read…