๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง
"Water is life, not a luxury." โ Sukoluhle Mhlanga ๐ฟ๐ผ
Access to safe, affordable water must include women and girls with disabilities. Inclusive water governance means leaving no one behind.
#16GIMACYouth
๐ง Calling all young women changemakers! Join the 16th GIMAC Young Women Advocacy Training, learn policy advocacy for gender-responsive WASH across Africa.
๐2 online sessions + 1 hybrid (New Alamein, Egypt)
๐Register: https://t.co/1s1dBMFpQi
#16GIMACYOUTH#WomenLeadWASH
๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐?
Because water is no longer only an environmental issue, it is a question of justice, equality, dignity, governance, and Africaโs future.
Across the continent, millions still face unequal access to safe water and sanitation. Women and girls continue to carry the greatest burden, while climate change, inequality, and historical structural injustices deepen vulnerabilities in communities.
Today, Africa is advancing a new continental vision, one that connects:
๐ Water Governance
โ๏ธ Gender Justice
โ๐พ Reparatory Justice
From the African Union Theme of the Year on Water to the African Decade of Reparations (2026โ2036), this moment calls for bold conversations and transformative action.
Because the conversation on water is about more than water.
It is about:
๐ง Health
๐ง Opportunity
๐ง Womenโs empowerment
๐ง Climate resilience
๐ง Economic justice
๐ง Inclusive development
๐ง The Africa We Want
Africaโs future depends on inclusive, gender-transformative, and justice-centered water governance.
๐ข Join the conversation.
Raise your voice.
Share your perspective.
Be part of shaping Africaโs water future.
#8GIMACRECs
Water is health. Water is jobs. Water is justice.
Young women & youth face the worst impacts of water insecurity, yet are excluded from policy spaces.
Join the movement: https://t.co/jRwlzFrQB7
#GenderResponsiveWASH
#15GIMAC virtual training...
African Youth Charter provides the legal backbone for youth to demand gender-responsive water access & leadership opportunities.
Youth voices + data = real AU impact
Comment your takeaway ๐ @GimacYouth#15GIMAC#YOUTHFORWASH
Over 70% of Africaโs population is youthโyet youth voices are missing in water governance.
The 15th GIMAC Youth Advocacy Training is changing that.
Be part of it: https://t.co/jRwlzFrQB7
#YouthLeadWASH
The 15th GIMAC Youth Advocacy Training is officially underway, with opening remarks from @AUC_WGYD @IlwadElman
Setting the tone for youth leadership, gender-responsive advocacy, and action on water governance. ๐งโ๐ฝ
#YouthForWash#42GIMAC#Agenda2063
๐: https://t.co/y4jILlPpmu
Africaโs water future needs youth leadership ๐๐ง
In 7 days, young African advocates gather to shape gender-responsive water & sanitation policies.
๐Join online: https://t.co/jRwlzFrQB7
#GIMACYouth#WaterJustice
@GimacYouth@AUYouthProgram@GimacNetwork Iโd push for youth-led WASH innovations: community borehole management, solar water systems, and digital reporting tools because solutions last when youth lead them. #@GimacYouth #YouthForWASH
We did it! Thanks to #SheLeadsPooledGrant@PlanAULiaison , our girls at Kawuku &Ggaba Landing Site gathered in a #SafeSpace to learn, share, and reclaim their power. โPeriods are Power, Not Shameโ was more than a slogan it was a movement.
We left with knowledge, and sisterhood
To kick start #DAY2 Dr. Helen Kezie-Nwoha highlighted GIMACโs mission to mainstream gender across all AU policies and described it as a solidarity platform for African women advocating for the inclusion of their marginalized sisters.
#7GIMACRECs
At the #7GIMACRECs Meeting today, Melissa Kubvoruno, Chair of the #GIMACYoungWomenโs Network, shared key outcomes from yesterday's #14GIMACYOUTH gathering.
She highlighted bold youth recommendations on mindset transformation, institutional leadership, and reparative justice.
In western ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya, Doreen Simiyou ๐ฉ is working to close the digital divideโone girl at a time.
Sheโs equipping women and girls with the tools to learn, earn, and thrive in the digital economy, helping her community move forward.
#GirlsInICTDay@UnKenya
In coastal ๐ฐ๐ชKenya, Ruth Kavake๐ฉ is helping women and girls turn digital knowledge into power.
By providing access to digital skills & entrepreneurship training, sheโs opening up new paths to opportunity in one of the countryโs most underserved regions.
#GirlsInICTDay@UnKenya
๐ข #13GIMAC Youth Advocacy Training!
๐น Equipping youth with evidence-based advocacy on reparations.
๐น Shaping our own narrativesโwe demand justice, not handouts!
๐น Pushing for the #AUConventionEVAWG
Young voices, real change! โ๐พ๐ #ReparationsNow