News & Reports

The Dniester Conference 2008
A report from the International Conference "Transboundary Dniester River Basin Management and the EU Water Framework Directive" held in Chisinau, Moldova, on October 2-3, 2008
03.10.2008 | Anna Samwel

WECF shared practical experiences with students at IHE
In the framework of the Summerschool at UNESCO IHE, Alp Ergünsel and Claudia Wendland from WECF gave lectures to international MSc.
25.09.2008 | Claudia Wendland

WECF support 'End Water Poverty'
coalition of NGO's have pledged their support for bold action to meet the sanitation and water MDG targets.
12.09.2008 | Claudia Wendland and Sascha Gabizon

Give Sasyk back to the sea!
Campaigners called for a Ukrainian lake to be reunited with the Black Sea by an action calling on the decommissioning of the dam
14.08.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

Training on Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (HeRWAI)
On 14th and 15th of June 2008 WECF organised a training with the aim to introduce HeRWAI, the Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument developed by Aim for human rights, an international NGO based in the Netherlands.
18.07.2008 | Anke Stock and Jennifer Ricketts

Aarhus convention – the international law on civil participation celebrates tenth birthday
WECF participated with 9 partners from Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and Russia in the Third Meeting of the Parties (MOP-3)
18.06.2008 | Anke Stock and Karin Adolph

Cooking course in Garla Mare gives poor Roma girls another outlook on life
WECF in cooperation with local NGO FVC in Garla Mare started successful cooking and hygiene course for young Roma Women, WECF field officer Anna Samwel reports
11.06.2008 | Anna Samwel

New Chair CSD positive on women's networks during Convention on Biodiversity, Bonn
WECF glad with addition of Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Gerda Verburg, at Meeting Network of Women Ministers during Convention on Biodiversity (tekst in het Nederlands)
01.06.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

Poor sanitation is a major contributing factor to high levels of child mortality occurring in developing countries
WECF present at international Workshop „Water and Sanitation in International development and disaster relief“, organised by the University of Edinburgh and UNESCO, 28-30 May in Edinburgh, Scotland
30.05.2008 | Margriet Samwel

Women, Diversity and Agriculture at Planet Diversity
WECF and Women and Life on Earth stressed the extreme importance of women’s points of views when it comes to biodiversity during plenary session Planet Diversity, Bonn
16.05.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche