Togo
UNESCO Chair in Women, Science and Reasoned Water Management in West Africa (832), established in 2009 at the University of Lomé (Togo).
Fields/Disciplines
Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Informatics.
Objectives
- To promote better use of water resources at the local level;
- To enhance social communication in rural and suburban communities;
- To invigorate and strengthen the Master’s Programme “Women, Water and Health”;
- To create a vocational training certificate in communication technologies;
- To create synergy among experts based in the universities of the West African sub-region;
- To establish an information clearinghouse and a forum through a web portal;
- To develop education and training for women regarding information access, water management for health and environmental protection;
- To enhance the position of women in water management activities in rural and suburban environments.
Host Institution
- University of Lomé (Togo)
- Website of the UNESCO Chair
Partnerships
- Université d’Abomey Calavi
- Université de Cocody (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Université Abdou Moumouni (Niger)
- Université de Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
- Centres nationaux de lutte contre le paludisme des différents pays membres de la Chaire
- Centres nationaux de recherche agronomique
- Centres nationaux de distribution d’eau potable
- Les Ateliers de la Terre (France)
http://www.univ-lome.tg/master_eau/spip.php?article44
Membership
Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Natural Sciences; UNESCO Office in Accra.
Contact
Prof. Isabelle Glitho, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lomé
UNESCO Chairholder
E-Mail address - iglitho@tg.refer.org
Work Phone - (228)225 50 94 / 910 20 59 / 946 96 68
Fax - (228)225 87 84 / 221 85 95
Street - BP 1515
City – Lomé
Country - Togo