The
World Water Forum is taking place in Marseille, France. The Forum was
criticized by NGOs for being too privatized. NGOs set up a rival Water
conference which is described in this IPS New article.
The Guardian discussed the reaction of NGOs when the Forum decided not to
declare access to clean water a human right.
An article from the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction mentions
some of the potential benefits of public private partnerships in the sector .
In another Guardian blog post,
Jamie Skinner argues that in the water sector the emphasis should be on people
not infrastructure.
The
NGO Invisible Children has come under intense scrutiny after its Kony2012
campaign when viral. Al Jazeera has set up a Ushahidi-based platform to
crowdsource feedback to the campaign from Ugandans.
UN group discusses the challenges to creating equal opportunity for women.
The German Development Institute critiques the
World Bank's 2012 World Development Report on women and the Center for
Global Development critiques new USAID strategy documents on gender and
trafficking in persons.
Finally, US President Obama and UK Prime Minister Cameron released
a joint statement on development emphasizing technology,
transparency, and resilience to disasters.
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