Project implementation:
Association des jeunes pour la citoyennet active le developpement integracion et la formation AJECADIF
About the project
The project “Strengthening Women’s Leadership and Community Participation in the Sustainable Management of Water Resources”, implemented by AJECADIF with the support of the IUCN-BRIDGE programme, aims to promote inclusive and equitable governance of water resources in Chad. Focused on the areas of Moundou, N’Djamena, and Guité in the Lake Chad basin, the project addresses persistent challenges related to the low representation of women in local decision-making and their limited access to water and natural resource management bodies. Through training sessions, participatory workshops, radio programmes, and an awareness-raising caravan, the initiative seeks to strengthen the capacities of 60 women leaders and 40 young people, and to raise awareness among nearly 1,900 people about the importance of gender equality and women’s leadership in environmental governance. This project directly contributes to the objectives of the BRIDGE programme by promoting a participatory, collaborative, and gender-sensitive approach to the sustainable and inclusive management of resources in the Lake Chad basin.
Key objectives
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Identify obstacles to women’s participation in local water management.
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Strengthen the capacities of 60 women leaders and 40 young people in leadership and climate resilience.
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Raise awareness among approximately 1,900 people through two radio programmes and one community caravan.
This project is part of the BRIDGE (Building River Dialogue and Governance) initiative grants: Gender Mainstreaming Grants / Women Leadership Grants. The BRIDGE Grants aim to address barriers to gender equality and women’s empowerment in transboundary water governance. The grants support practical actions to strengthen inclusive institutions and promote women-led solutions for managing and restoring freshwater ecosystems. BRIDGE is made possible through the Water Diplomacy Programme of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC).
