{"id":2154,"date":"2019-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/news\/leucothea-poseidon-towards-balanceforbetter-in-water-management-of-gwps-iwd2019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:16:29","slug":"leucothea-poseidon-towards-balanceforbetter-in-water-management-of-gwps-iwd2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/english\/leucothea-poseidon-towards-balanceforbetter-in-water-management-of-gwps-iwd2019\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Leucothea\u2019 &#038; \u2018Poseidon\u2019 towards #BalanceforBetter in Water Management of GWP\u2019s IWD2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/8.iwhr_-1.jpg\" height=\"268\" width=\"268\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/8-iwhr-yanwei-juan-1.jpg\" height=\"270\" width=\"270\"><br><em><strong>Contributions from IWHR, host institute of GWP China Regional Office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The innovation of GWP on <em>#BalanceforBetter<\/em> is reflected on engaging diverse partners crossing <strong>80+ countries<\/strong> and collecting photos of <em>posing #BalanceforBetter for gender equality in water management (\u201ca balanced world is a better world\u201d)<\/em>. Relying on the mobilisation of the GWP Communications team at global and regional levels, the campaign featured more than<strong> 400 people<\/strong> from <strong>44 countries<\/strong> sharing <strong>131 photos<\/strong>. Mobilisation power and multiple-stakeholders engagement capacity occur in the active network, committed partners and devotion of the working group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/07-1.jpg\" height=\"202\" width=\"225\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/03-6-1.jpg\" height=\"202\" width=\"302\"><br><em><strong>Partners&#8217; Enagements&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Globally, on <strong>Facebook and Twitter<\/strong>, #BalanceforBetter campaign of GWP reached <strong>\u2018impressions\u2019 at 1,327,000<\/strong>; \u2018<strong>engagements\u2019 at 108,000<\/strong>; <strong>\u2018link clicks\u2019 at 162<\/strong> and raised <strong>new followers at 104<\/strong>. On <strong>Instagram<\/strong>, even it was freshly opened early this month, this campaign acted as a remarkable outcome to GWP\u2019s public involvement. Within six days, <strong>175 subscribers<\/strong> followed GWP on Instagram with <strong>9882 impressions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/5.lancang-mekong2-china-1.png\" height=\"271\" width=\"271\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/14.group-rwp-china-1.png\" height=\"269\" width=\"269\"><br><strong><em>Lancang-Mekong Water Resources Cooperation Centre &amp; GWP China Regional Office<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GWP China, at the regional scale, organised regional partners to join in the GWP global campaign on gender equality. <strong>Over 20 organisations<\/strong> notably contributed to both online and offline activities. The <strong>first post on WeChat<\/strong> promoted <em>#BalanceforBetter<\/em> raised <strong>followers at 137<\/strong> with <strong>more than 250 impressions and engagements<\/strong>.<br>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/9.mwf-quote-image1-global-1.png\" height=\"274\" width=\"274\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/china\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/04\/11.teacher_woman_china-1.png\" height=\"273\" width=\"273\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>GWP Executive Secretary &amp; CEO, Monika Weber Fahr comments on gender equity &amp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Water Education Center of the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*Note:<\/em><br><em>\u2018Leucothea\u2019<\/em> was a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft. The Romans identified her with the goddess Mater Matuta.<br><em>&#8216;Poseidon\u2019<\/em> was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses. He was depicted as a mature man with a sturdy build and dark beard holding a trident (a three-pronged fisherman&#8217;s spear).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GWP illustrates a powerful NETWORK OF PARTNERS around the world who have firmly contributed to the GWP\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day 2019 (#IWD2019) on March 4 to 9, 2019, across 13 regions. 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