World Water Day Seminar

The global water crisis does not affect everyone equally.

Across the world, women and girls bear a disproportionate burden of water insecurity - collecting water, managing household hygiene and sanitation, and facing the heightened health risks consequences when systems fail - while remaining systematically excluded from the decisions that shape water policy and infrastructure.

Climate change is compounding these inequalities, as droughts, floods, and shifting rainfall patterns disproportionately impact those with the least power to adapt.

Join us to celebrate World Water Day by hearing more about these challenges and how WaterAid Australia is working with communities and governments in Cambodia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea to strengthen climate resilient and gender responsive WASH systems.

This event is open to all UNSW staff and students.

Meet the speakers

Tara Bartnik is a water security and climate specialist with experience working across Australia, the UK, Africa and Asia. She currently works as WaterAid Australia's Technical Lead for Water Security and Climate, where she supports country program teams in designing and delivering climate-resilient WASH programming across the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to this, Tara spent four years with WaterAid UK, providing technical advisory and capacity-building support to 18 country offices across Africa and Asia. Tara is passionate about working at the intersection of gender, climate and WASH, with expertise in climate risk assessment, environmental sustainability and inclusive programme design. Before moving into international development, she worked as an engineering consultant in Australia and Norway.

Nusrat Jahan is a global health and international development professional with experience working across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She currently serves as the Regional Health Technical Lead at WaterAid Australia, where she leads the organisation’s regional health portfolio and supports country programs in Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Cambodia to strengthen health systems through improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Her work focuses on advancing WASH in healthcare facilities and communities, improving maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender-transformative health programming. Nusrat works closely with governments and partners across the region to promote sustainable, locally led solutions that improve health outcomes.

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Contact

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

K-B16-LG04 - Colombo Theatre B, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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