{"id":1180,"date":"2026-03-30T10:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/?page_id=1180"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:30:56","slug":"africa-water-investment-support-programme-to-water-climate-development-and-genderaip-wacdep-g","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/work-areas\/current-projects\/africa-water-investment-support-programme-to-water-climate-development-and-genderaip-wacdep-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Water Investment Support Programme to Water, Climate, Development and Gender(AIP WACDEP-G)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignleft uagb-block-088af775 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-left\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/eastern-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/water-gender.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1404\" width=\"995\" height=\"705\" title=\"water gender\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gender Equality through Climate Resilient Water Investment in Uganda and Eastern Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GWPEAf is implementing the &#8220;<strong>Africa Water Investment Support Program to Water, Climate, Development and Gender&#8221; (AIP-WACDEP-G)<\/strong>\u00a0programme in Uganda, focusing on the Maziba Catchment, which encompasses the districts of Kabale, Rubanda, and Rukiga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, which is being implemented by GWPEAf together with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mwe.go.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda<\/a>, Uganda Water Partnership, and funded by the\u00a0Austrian Development Agency, aims at achieving Gender Equality through climate-resilient development of Water Infrastructure investments in Uganda.\u00a0 This program seeks to transform gender inequalities and systemic barriers in institutional structures, systems, and policy, specific power imbalances, access to services, control of resources, and assets at the local level by promoting gender-transformative planning, decision-making, and institutional development for climate-resilient water investments and job creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of the AIP-WACDEP-G is to ensure that the preparation, development, design, governance, and management of ongoing and new climate-resilient water infrastructure investments, institutions, and job creation interventions strategically advance gender equality. 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