We happily invite you to the upcoming 2nd Webinar "Sanitation Workers´Rights and Social Justice in the WANA Region" of the series of four “Sanitation Plus” webinars by the SuSanA Regional Chapter West Asia and North Africa (WANA) as well as WG WASAM of the GIZ Mediterranean Environmental Sector Network (SN MEN-REM), taking place on the 7th June 2023, 10.30 - 12.00 CEST.

The objective of the Webinar is to highlight sanitation workers’ rights from a human rights perspective including work legal struggles, working conditions, and violations reported by workers in the WANA region by introducing the participants to different challenges and insights from the field but also presenting possible ways forward and solutions. The speakers will illustrate their work and practices using examples from different countries (Jordan, Iraq).
 
Speakers: Manar Majid Hamid, (Professor in Geographyof the urban environment and pollution), Hadeel Abdel-Aziz (Founding Member and Executive Director of the Justice Center for Legal Aid JCLA), and Rajeev Munankami (Multi Country Programme Manager, Urban Sanitation Programme, SNV).
 
Moderation: Hadeel Al Qatamin (BORDA e.V.)

You can register for the event here:  susana.org/cWflwG

Agenda	Time
Welcome and introduction to the meeting agenda	10.30 – 10:40 CEST
Presentation of Rajeev Munankami: -        Introduction on the Sanitation Workers' Rights and Social Justice in the international context -        The case study of the Sanitation Workers Initiative and Knowledge and Learning Hub	10.40 – 11:00 CEST
Presentation of Hadeel Abdel-Aziz: -        Legal framework of sanitation workers’ rights in international and local laws   (the right to safe working conditions, compensations, health insurance, legal aid, etc…) -        Advocacy areas (the right to workers associations)	11.00 – 11.20 CEST
Presentation of Manar Majid Hamid: -        Iraqi legislations that protect sanitation workers    -        Sanitation workers’ working conditions in Iraq: Environmental and social hazards and safety protocols	11.20 – 11.40
Q & A Session and closing	11.40 – 12.00

Announcement of the Webinar Series “Sanitation Plus”May2023 – August 2023  facilitated by the GIZ Sector Network MEN-REM-Working Group Sustainable Water and Sanitation Management (WASAM), WANA Regional Chapter of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) and Bremen Overseas Research & Development Association (BORDA e.V.) West and Central Asia 

We happily invite you to the upcoming series of four “Sanitation Plus” webinars by the SuSanA Regional Chapter West Asia and North Africa (WANA) as well as WG WASAM of the GIZ Mediterranean Environmental Sector Network (SN MEN-REM), taking place between
May and August 2023.
 
The overal lobjectives for the webinar series are to:

·       Share examples of intersectional and cross-cutting issues within the field of sanitation in the WANA region
·       Motivate participants to share examples from their work and shape the debate and future developments in the field of sanitation within the region
·       Elevate voices of sanitation experts from different fields (development cooperation, research, practitioners etc.)
·       Further exchange between different countries of the WANA region
 
Schedule:
The webinars are scheduled for the first week of each month, planned for 90 minutes each and will feature between 2 - 4 speakers from different backgrounds. The exact dates will be announced 2 weeks before the webinar.

Date 2023	Topic
3rd of May, 12.00 – 13.30 CET	Urban and Rural Sanitation Challenges in the WANA Region An introduction to different challenges and possible ways forward with examples from different countries, focusing on Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen.
1st week of June	Sanitation Workers Rights and Social Justice In introduction to the topic of sanitation workers rights from a human rights perspective, introduction of the Sanitation Workers Knowledge and Learning Hub.
1st week of July	Sustainable Sanitation Solutions in Emergency Contexts Challenges and success factors when dealing with WASH in emergency contexts, both on an operational level as well as when dealing with natural disasters.
1st week of August	Sustainable Sanitation in the context of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Examining cross-cutting themes between sanitation, food security, climate change, water stress etc.   In cooperation with the SN MEN-REM Working Group Nexus

 
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The first webinar will take place on the 3rd of May at 12:00 p.m. CET. You can access it under the following link:  Cliquez ici pour rejoindre la réunion