Sidra Khalid (she/her)

Gender Justice Advocate. Researcher. Development Practitioner. Tweets my own.
📍 Researching sustainable and equitable water solutions at @IWMI_ in Pakistan

[ClaudiaRingler @ClaudiaRingler]

#Ruralwomen's energy poverty is detrimental to food security and rural wellbeing. New research by @sidroo & @drmohsinhafeez @IWMI_ #NEXUSGainsInitiative @CGIAR explains why👉 https://t.co/JLLOOcz3OV

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Check out our paper in @FrontiersIn Water on gendered #waterinsecurity in #Pakistan. It's the first time the #IWISE Scale has been used here in an urban context! @drmohsinhafeez @IWMI_ @ProfSeraYoung @RachaelMcDonne5

[Frontiers - Sustainability @FrontSustain]

New Research: Who is more water insecure? Gendered evidence from urban Pakistan https://t.co/K2ghF3Dte1 #FrontiersIn #Water

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

We also developed a complementary version tailored to academic institutes - key players in building future Nexus champions! #NEXUSGainsInitiative @CGIAR @IWMI_ @BiovIntCIAT_eng

Nexus Capacity Scorecard - Education and Research: https://t.co/yvfbCUq6mA

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Check out this tool we developed to assess #WEFE Nexus institutional capacity, under @CGIAR's #NEXUSGainsInitiative - a flexible 20-question tool to gauge capacities and gaps across 5 domains. @IWMI_ @BiovIntCIAT_eng

Nexus Capacity Scorecard (NCS): https://t.co/lfN2vWyr0m

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Our paper finally published in @FrontiersIn Aquaculture. One of the first projects I worked on when I joined IWMI two years ago. Very proud of the work we've done! @najeeb_12 @drmohsinhafeez @IWMI_Pakistan @IWMI_ Check it out: https://t.co/Zr78Qyqh9Y

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Thank you @laneygradschool for highlighting my #40UnderForty award. It's a great honor to be among such esteemed alumni! Grateful for my time with @EmoryMDP and all the support and encouragement I've received since then (esp from @carlaroncoli)! 🙂

[Emory LGS @laneygradschool]

Pakistani immigrant and Laney Graduate School Class of 2018, Sidra Khalid is the first in her family of doctors to pursue a career in global development. Read Sidra's full story here: https://t.co/bEGOIlAUXr
#lgs #laneygraduateschool #mdp #emory

[Women Plus Water @WomenPlusWater]

We're excited to announce our 2024 #WomenPlusWater Lecture Series schedule! We have some phenomenal guests lined up to chat about various #Water topics - all are welcome to attend.

For more information about each lecture and to register, visit https://t.co/fb8D8oBy16

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Enjoyed tuning in to the #feministwateragenda "talkshow" at @siwi_www featuring familiar faces of @IWMI_ (@Inga_JM & @KarenNortje) and @ProfSeraYoung! It's about being brave enough to tackle systemic issues and giving a voice to water beyond numbers. #WWWeek

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

The truth always sounds "divisive" to those in power, doesn't it? 😏
"Richer countries recognise the need to contribute greater funds towards the issue, but framing the payments as reparations is controversial, with some claiming it is a divisive term."
https://t.co/UTsAu3IT6k

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Great turnout at the City-Wide Partnership (CWP) Forum organized by @WWFPak! Stakeholders had fruitful discussions on promoting gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (#GEDSI) in urban water management. An important and often neglected topic in #policies and #planning!

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Had a fruitful discussion at the BWSSA workshop in Nepal. I led a session on #gender and #inclusion issues to consider in #WaterStorage. Looking forward to more cohort meetings in the future! @IWMI_Pakistan @IWMI_

[Dr Santosh Nepal @SantoshNepal_]

Last day of the 'Built Water Storage South Asia Project' workshop at Godavari, Nepal. Participants from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan discussed the importance of different storage options in South Asia. @IWMI_ @IWMI_Nepal @khadka_manohara #watercrisis #ClimateCrisis

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

I love the Power Walk activity - such a great exercise to get folks to think critically about the multiple and intersecting dimensions of inequities. Really pleased we adapted this well-known tool specifically for the water sector!

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

We had a great workshop on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion #GESI in the #water sector! Happy to see participants from government reps to academia fully engaged and open to discussing these issues in 🇵🇰!

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

@Caruso_Bethany Small world! I sent this to Jackie as well - referenced a paper you both worked on in 2021 on MHH links with the SDGs 🙂

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Happy Global Menstrual Hygiene Day! Check out my piece on why we need to pay more attention to #MHM in our water programs, contextualized with some insights from a recent WASH Survey conducted in #Pakistan. #MHDay2023

[IWMI @IWMI_]

Water is an essential resource for life & intricately linked with an often overlooked & taboo topic: menstrual hygiene.

~500 million women & girls lack access to adequate facilities, clean water or sanitary products.

➡️ https://t.co/Q0yTNCz1yC

#MHDay2023 #OneCGIAR @WWFPak

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Wonderful discussion! Happy to see #Photovoice being used more as a #participatory feminist method of data collection. It's a great way to "study with" vs. "study on" participants. Hope it gains more traction in future research.

[Women&Girls in Dev @WGD_VT]

Happening today! Join our discussion on the importance of enabling Ugandan women to share their stories through photography and community dialogue!

🗓️March 16, 2023
⏰12:30 - 1:30 pm (EST)
📍Virginia Tech & Zoom
🔗Register: https://t.co/xKYd1RgHGC

#GenderAndDev

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

Really wonderful to hear women farmers share how adopting new agricultural technology has improved their lives. Even better to see their male relatives proudly supporting them. An enabling environment can make all the difference. #IWD23

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

"Women can do anything - we just need support." Listening to perspectives from women water professionals and women farmers on how they are breaking barriers & social taboos and leveraging technology for #GenderEquality at @IWMI_Pakistan #IWD2023 seminar.

[Maira Hayat @MairaHayat]

25% of the world's population - a quarter of all the people that exist in the world - live in South Asia. If your climate change/politics/justice events and panels have zero South Asia representation you *really* *really* need to reconsider

[Sidra Khalid (she/her) @sidroo]

@TMItalks Deniz Kandiyoti (1988) refers to this as "patriarchal bargains" (Check out her work!)