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![Stieneke van der Graaf (ChristenUnie), Jan Klink (VVD) en Jorien Wuite (D66) nemen de petitie in ontvangst.](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/02a20235ca-1680011031/stieneke-van-der-graaf-jan-klink-jorien-wuite-petitie-lores-396x162-crop-49-21.jpg)
Simavi hands over more than 16,000 signatures to MP's: 'Don't let women bear the brunt of the water crisis'
28.03.23 Nederland
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Simavi and Women Win launch the Water Justice Fund: women and girls at the forefront of climate action
24.03.23 Amsterdam
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Why we should be talking about sex for water in New York
22.03.23 Amsterdam
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UN Water Conference: challenging world leaders for a water just action agenda
15.03.23 Amsterdam
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Yunia Musaazi wants more women in water committees: 'Women know what they're talking about'
08.03.23 The Netherlands
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![Flood in Bangladesh](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/754384157b-1678797144/wash-sdg-bangladesh-flood-by-tareq-mahamud-396x162-crop-50-50.jpg)
UN Water Conference Side-event: How to make the water action agenda gender transformative
27.02.23 Amsterdam
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Every COP must be free from the polluting influence of the fossil fuel industry: a letter to Dutch ministers
02.02.23 Netherlands
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![Hanifah Kasule with Josephine Akul, the local council chairperson of Onyol Central, a village in Agago district.](https://waterwakeupcall.nl/media/pages/medialibrary/11fd917f3b-1674634959/hanifah-kasule-and-josephine-akul-396x162-crop-44-22.png)
I am Simavi: Hanifah Kasule: ‘It motivates women to know that their voices are heard out there.’
02.02.23 Uganda
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From online learning to increased impact of the WASH SDG programme
01.02.23 The Netherlands
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Jane Nyamwamu about the impact of the Water Justice Fund: 'Women can do magic'
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