Indigenous women discuss managing water resources to enhance
food security and adapt to climate change On 2–3 December 2011,
MWD Thailand, together with the Inter Mountain Peoples’
Education and Culture in Thailand Association (IMPECT), the Hill
Area and Community Development Foundation (HADF), and the
Indigenous Women’s Network of Thailand, held a seminar in Chiang
Rai for indigenous women to discuss and exchange views on
managing water resources to enhance food security and adapt to
climate change. Twenty women representing 10 ethnic groups
(including Karen, Hmong, Mien, Palong, Lawa, Shan, Lahu, Lisu,
Kachin and Akha) from Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai took an active
part in the event. The seminar was organised under the MWD
Thailand work plan for 2011, which aims to improve understanding
of women’s concerns, interests, opportunities and traditional
knowledge, as well as their perceptions of the risks and threats
to food and water resources posed by social, cultural, economic
and environmental changes. Among t