Water Justice

Water Justice

World Water Forum attendance down as activists ramp up

February 2012

Critics of the triennial World Water Forum are encouraged by the failure on the part of forum organizers to attract large numbers to this year's event taking place March 12-17 in Marseille.

Citizens’ participation is key for water efficiency

February 2012
Satoko Kishimoto

Active citizens’ participation in water and sanitation initiatives is crucial to ensure sustainable improvements in water services for the poorest. Experiences from Tanzania, Spain, India and Uruguay show how citizen and labour participation can transform public services.

Revival of the public water sector

October 2011
Water Justice

As Amsterdam hosts its first International Water Week, TNI and its allies will be actively promoting Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) between public water utilities as the best means to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

600.000 new water connections due to Asian WOPs

September 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

Stockholm Water Week included a whole day of seminars with a
regional focus and I opted to attend 'Eye on Asia: Partnerships for
Water: How Can Asia Do More?'



Japan’s role in global water: big choice ahead

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

Japanese water companies should avoid investing in for-profit water service ventures abroad, and should focus on non-profit, public-public partnerships instead.

Pro-poor water management: community participation and ownership

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

‘Pro-poor urban water provision’ was a big theme at World Water Week in Stockholm this year. But what is pro-poor water provision, in practice?

Fighting corruption with the Water TAP plus A

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

Using research, workshops and local user's committies to help tackle corruption in the governance of private and public utilities - a case study from Kenya.

Many little streams make a mighty river – the 1 per cent solidarity levy

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

How an innovative financial scheme could help to finance international public-public water projects in the global south.

Stockholm Water Week 2011 has started

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

World Water Week took place in Stockholm this year. Water activists again participated in sessions to ensure that critical voices were heard. Satoko Kishimoto writes about her experiences.

Activists mark one-year anniversary of recognition of human right to water and sanitation

August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

A group of activists celebrated the right to water in front of a public water fountain in the centre of Brussels on 27 July.  The occasion was the one-year anniversary of the UN's recognition of right to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation as human right.