Arrived in South Africa

I have arrived in Gauteng, South Africa to start my research trip. Tomorrow morning I will begin by attending a two day conference – African women’s right to water: negotiating access and participation in the context of competing and conflicting international, national and local norm and institutions in Malawi, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. I will have the privilege of listening to papers being presented on the research results from the project, “gender, human rights and water governance in southern and eastern Africa: actors, norms and institutions”. This will be a unique opportunity to hear the results of current field work.
What a great way to begin my research trip! I will be hearing a wide variety of papers as well as group discussions. The conference is taking place at a lodge about an hour’s drive outside of the Johannesburg.
I was fortunate to be picked up and brought to the venue by the organizers, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Following the conference, I will be traveling into the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania to learn more about what is developing with an IWMI project in the region.