Today we are celebrating World Water Day with a focus on water and jobs.The importance of this theme is obvious, considering that almost half of the world’s workers — or around 1.5 billion people — are working in water-intensive sectors, such as agriculture.People in water-relate

Today we are again celebrating International Women’s Day.Last year, I had the opportunity to comment on this page why gender equality is a win-win situation for individuals and societies.I highlighted, in particular, the need for legal, political and economic empowerment of women

Today’s World Water Day is putting the spotlight on water and sustainable development. The issue is very timely as the world community is transiting from the Millennium Development Goals to the new Sustainable Development Goals, up for adoption during the UN General Assemb

It is International Women’s Day today. It is time to highlight the worldwide struggle for women’s rights and take stock of progress and challenges. Twenty years after the Beijing Declaration and Plan of Action a lot of progress has been achieved.

The third Arab Water Week, slated to start today at the Dead Sea in Jordan, with a focus on innovative and sustainable solutions for the water sector in the Arab region. Sweden strongly supports efforts to improve regional cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa in order