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May Day 2026
Happy International Workers’ Day. On this May Day, we recognize the work of the people. Labour by definition is human work, specifically productive, physical, or mental effort, often in the context of employment or organized movements. Labour, by definition, does not capture the unseen or unmonetized care work that predominantly women carry – such as…
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WEBINAR ALERT: March 23, 2026
This World Water Day, join the Blue Planet Project & Africa Water Justice Network for a bilingual webinar (English and Spanish). Webinar is at 9:00 COT on March 23, 2026. From Principle to Practice: How Blue Communities Are Advancing the Human Right to Water Learn how communities in Senegal, Spain, and Latin America are turning…
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Blue Communities in Latin America. Recognizing the Resistance of Blue Communities
Written by: Javier Marquez Valderrama (Platform for Community Partnerships of the Americas). The Report outlines the power of Blue Communities in Latin America, showcasing their implementation, community impact, and the persistence of the people. Read now with the link below.
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Stop the Faure Water Sell-Off: Cape Town’s Future Shouldn’t Be for Sale
An abridged version of this letter was published by GroundUp, 16 April 2025. A group of water justice researchers warn against the expensive disasters ahead if citizens agree to the City of Cape Town’s proposal to “externalise” the implementation and operation of the Faure New Water Scheme The City of Cape Town (CoCT) wants to outsource…
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This year on May Day, the Blue Planet Project Highlights the Labour and Leadership of Women in Struggles for Water Justice!
(Español mas abajo) Around the world, women are disproportionately impacted by inadequate access to water. They are on the frontlines defending water as a common good and a human right and struggling against water commodification and privatization. In patriarchal capitalist societies, the current conditions of the reproduction of life involve women in an inequitable and…
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Western Cape’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ entrench ‘water apartheid’
Mail and Guardian coverage of the African Water Commons Collective’s (AWCC) No Holiday Without Water: End Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza campaign launched last December and the impact of water restrictions on the working-class households. “The AWCC wrote a letter to the city outlining its demands for an end to the unfair distribution of water…
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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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‘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…