Project implementation:
Lead: Mara River Water Users Association MRWUA | Implementing partners: local CBOs, WRUAs, schools, and local authorities
About the project
This project seeks to strengthen women’s participation and leadership in water governance within the Mara River Basin. Through capacity building, gender mainstreaming, and women-led eco-dialogues, the project aims to empower women and youth to take active roles in water resource management and policy dialogue, promoting inclusivity, sustainability, and gender equity in basin governance.
Key objectives
- Develop and institutionalize a gender mainstreaming strategy for MRWUA to guide inclusive governance.
- Build leadership capacity of at least 50 women and 30 youths from local communities to engage in basin-level water governance.
- Establish and facilitate women-led eco-dialogues and advocacy platforms for transboundary water governance.
- Document and share success stories of women’s leadership in the Mara Basin to inspire replication and influence policy.
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).
