Approach: the way we work
Our work is women-centred, rights-based and builds lasting change. Simavi never operates on its own but always works together with others. Because only together do we achieve real solutions and a climate-just world.
In all countries where Simavi is active, we work in partnership with organisations that have close ties with the women and girls we work for. We are committed to system change and at the same time believe in local solutions to tackle the water crisis.
We put power and resources in the hands of women and girls to tackle water and climate problems. And we hold governments and companies to account. Our goal is to:
Influence policy and practice:
- Engaging as many people as possible through our public campaigns
- Pressuring politicians to give more priority to water, women and climate
- Lobbying internationally for more and better climate and water financing
- Influence governments to improve their water and climate policies
Implement our programmes:
- Working together with and shifting power to our partners
- Supporting women's groups to realise their own water and climate solutions
- Encourage female leadership and entrepreneurship in the water sector
- Influence local governments and businesses to improve their water services delivery
Strengthen our impact:
- Measuring our impact
- Feeding learning into new programmes
- Researching our areas of expertise
- Sharing best practices
