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Format for Biennial Reports by UNESCO’s Water-related Chairs on activities related

to the IHP in the period (June 2016 – May 2018)

1. Basic information on the Chair

Name of the Chair Water , Women and Development

Name of Chair holder(s) Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda

Name of Contact Person(s) Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda

E-mail address Veraguarda2@gmail.com

Website

Mailing Address of Chair

Telephone Number(s) 553135591643

Geographic orientation * global x regional

Region(s) (for regional centres)

Year of establishment 2006

Year of renewal 2019

Tick the focal areas relevant to your

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Focal Areas

groundwater

urban water management

rural water management

arid / semi-arid zones

humid tropics

cryosphere (snow, ice, glaciers)

water related disasters (drought/floods)

Erosion/sedimentation, and landslides

ecohydrology/ecosystems

water law and policy

x social/cultural/gender dimension of water

transboundary river basins/ aquifers

mathematical modelling

hydroinformatics

remote sensing/GIS

IWRM

Watershed processes/management

global and change and impact assessment

mathematical modelling

x water education

x water quality

nano-technology

waste water management/re-use

water/energy/food nexus

water systems and infrastructure

other: (please specify) ___________________

Scope of Activities vocational training

x postgraduate education

* check on appropriate box check all that apply

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x continuing education

public outreach

x research

institutional capacity-building

advising/ consulting

software development

data-sets/data-bases development

other: (please specify) __________________

Sources of financial support 1

Existing networks and cooperation 2 PHI-LAC

Governance

director and governing board

other: (please specify) _________________

Link to election of board members to the IHP

Intergovernmental Council (IGC) and hosting

country IHP National Committee

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Frequency of meetings: once every __year(s)

Existence of UNESCO presence at meetings

Institutional affiliation of director

Number of staff and types of staff

total number of staff (full-time, or equivalent) : _no

full-time: 6

number of staff who are water experts:

__2_ ____

number of visiting scientists and postgraduate

students:

_2_ _______

Annual turnover budget in USD No Budget

2. List the activities undertaken in the framework of IHP in the period June 2016 –

April 2018 (identify the IHP themes to which the activities contribute, specify the

number of male and female beneficiaries and age group i.e. 15-24 and 24 and

over).

1. Technical Consultancy in Architecture for Three Women's Associations

Entrepreneurs of Antônio Pereira / Ouro Preto - Phase 2 under the coordination of

Prof. Dr. Clécio Magalhães – Dept. of architecture – Escola de Minas.

1 please specify sources of main budgetary and extra budgetary funds to implement projects 2 please write international networks, consortiums or projects that the centre is part of, or any other close links that the centre has with international organizations or programmes, which are not already mentioned above

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Figure 1: architectural project

Figure 2: Execution of the architectural project

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Figure 3: Inauguration of the headquarters of the Associations

2- Empowering women to care for the elderly and children with emphasis on

environmental education and entrepreneurship under the coordination of Prof. Dr.

Vera Guarda

Figure 4: Empowering women

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Figure 5: Number of women and men in the capacitation.

3. Valuation of Non-Rubbish Waste - Awareness and Value Added to Recyclable Materials

under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Eleonice Moreira, Escola de Nutrição.

Figure 6: Value Added to Recyclable Materials

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4 - Basic Hygiene and Hygiene Product Handling under the coordination of Prof. Dr.

Eleonice Moreira, Escola de Nutrição.

Figure 7: Used oil soap

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5. ANTÔNIO PEREIRA: Towards organic and sustainable development under the

coordination of Prof. Dr. Alvaro Guarda, Dept de Computação – ICEB –UFOP. Premio

Valorizar in partnership with Rotary.

Figure 8: family farming

3. Collaboration and linkages (specify activities which involve other UNESCO

chairs and/or members of the water family)

Distance course on Water Security in conjunction with the UNESCO Chair "Water

and Education for Sustainable Development" of the Universidad del Litoral. The main

objective of the course is to make available an accessible tool, which will promote the

development of capacities with a comprehensive vision that contributes to

guaranteeing water security as a way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Contribute to the modules of the course through the production of a short video on:

"The gender approach in education for water management.

Meeting (virtual) of water centers in the region, which will take place via Skype.

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Support for the Creation of the UNESCO Chair in Education for Social Justice -

Autonomous University of Madrid - Institute for Human Rights, Democracy and

Culture of Peace and Nonviolence (DEMOSPAZ) (http://www.demospaz.org/).

4. Communications

i. Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda, Júlio César da Cruz, Marinna de Assis Fernandes

WATER SAFETY: WATER POTABILITY OF HOSPITAL IN MINAS GERAIS,

BRAZIL. Interfaces Científicas - Saúde e Ambiente. Aracaju. V.5. N.2, p. 17 – 24.

Fev. 2017.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17564/2316-3798.2017v5n2p17-24.

ii. Gizele Cristina Teixeira de Souza, Marcela David de Carvalho; Sofia Luiza Brito

Fundação UNESCO-HIDROEX; Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda. COMPARAÇÃO

DE DIFERENTES INDICADORES DA COMUNIDADE BIOLÓGICA NO

RESERVATÓRIO DE VOLTA GRANDE, RIO GRANDE – MG/SP. v. 8 n. 3

(2017): Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciências Ambientais - Fev, Mar, Abr, Mai 2017.

iii. Barbosa, KAM ; FERNANDES., M. A. ; CARMO, T. N. ; De Miranda Guarda, VL .

Segurança Hídrica: Estudo de caso em um município mineiro. In: congresso nacional

de Nutrição - Conan, 2017, Ouro Preto. www.conamcomam.ufop.br, 2017.

iv. CARMO, T. N. ; De Miranda Guarda, VL ; PACHECO, M. C. ; OLIVIERIA, B. S. ;

GUTIERRES, A. S. ; FERREIRA, J. A. . RELATOS SOBRE A NUTRIÇÃO DE

IDOSOS A PARTIR DO CURSO DE CAPACITAÇÃO PARA CUIDADORES DE

IDOSOS. In: congresso nacional de Nutrição - Conan, 2017, Ouro Preto /

MG.www.conamcomam.ufop.br, 2017.

v. Camilla A. de Paiva, Izabelle C. L. Marques, Aníbal F. Santiago, Cleia C. Barbosa,

Vera Lúcia de M. Guarda. PROPOSIÇÃO E AVALIAÇÃO DE UM SISTEMA DE

TRATAMENTO DE EFLUENTES DE ABATEDOURO DE PEQUENO PORTE.

VII Congresso Brasileiro de Gestão Ambiental. Campina Grande/PB – 21 a

24/11/2016. Grupo de Estudo da Água, NUCAT-UFOP.

vi. Izabelle C. L.Marques, Alcylane C. Santos, Aline F. da Silva, Joanna A. Anselmo,

Larissa C. Guimarães. EVOLUÇÃO DA GOVERNANÇA DA ÁGUA - VII

Congresso Brasileiro de Gestão Ambiental. Campina Grande/PB – 21 a 24/11/2016.

Grupo de Estudos da Água, NUCAT, UFOP.

vii. De Miranda Guarda, VL ; MOURA, F. V. . EMPREENDEDORISMO SOCIAL EM

PROJETOS DE EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA: ESTUDO DE CASO - ANÁLISE

DAS ETAPAS DE LABORAÇÃO DO PROJETO DA CÁTEDRA UNESCO PARA

O PRÊMIO SANTANDER UNIVERSIDADE SOLIDÁRIA 2013. Além dos Muros

da Universidade - ALEMUR , v. 1, p. 73, 2016.

viii. MAGALHÃES, MARCELO MARCOS; GUARDA, Vera Lúcia de Miranda ;

SANTOS, TÂNIA GONÇALVES DOS . Saúde ambiental e condições de

balneabilidade em coleção hídrica do médio rio doce (MG). Revista Brasileira de

Ciências Ambientais (Online) , v. 1, p. 14-27, 2016.

ix. De Miranda Guarda, VL . O CUIDAR E O EMPREENDER: RELATOS DE

EXPERIÊNCIAS NA FORMAÇÃO DE CUIDADORES DE IDOSOS. In: 7º

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Congresso Brasileiro de Extensão Universitária, 2016, Ouro Preto. Anais do 7º

CBEU, 2016.

x. DUTRA, I.I.C. ; MARANHAO, C. M. S. A. ; De Miranda Guarda, VL ; ANDRADE,

A. L. . Economia Solidária e Fortalecimento da iniciativa de geraçaõ de renda liderada

por mulheres. In: 7º CBEU, 2016, Ouro Preto. ANAIS DO 7º CBEU. Ouro Preto:

UFOP, 2016. v. 1. p. 25-25.

xi. De Miranda Guarda, VL ; SANTOS, A. C. ; ANSELMO, J. ; GUIMARÃES, L.C. ;

SILVA, A. F. ; MARQUES, I. C. L. . Perfil Histórico da Governança no Brasil. In:

Encontro de Saberes, 2016, Ouro Preto. Anais do Encontro de Saberes 2016. Ouro

Preto: UFOP, 2016.

xii. PAIVA, C. A. ; MARINHO, A. ; Santiago, F. A. ; De Miranda Guarda, VL . ÁGUA

RESIDUAL DE ABATEDOURO BOVINO: Análise e proposição de tratamento. In:

Encontro de Saberes, 2016, Ouro Preto / MG. Anais do Encontro de Saberes 2016.

Ouro Preto: UFOP, 2016.

xiii. ALVES, K.S. ; Knupp, M.E.G. ; De Miranda Guarda, VL . Relações de Trabalho,

gênero e inclusão produtiva: vivências na extensão universitária. Belo Horizonte,

2016. (Prefácio, Pósfacio/Prefácio).

xiv. De Miranda Guarda, VL . ALEM DOS MUROS DA UNIVERSIDADE- ALEMUR.

OURO PRETO / MG, 2016. (Prefácio, Pósfacio/Apresentação).

xv. GUARDA, Vera Lúcia de Miranda ; ALVES, K. S. ; MARANHAO, C. M. S. A. ;

ANDRADE, A. L. ; MOURA, F. V. ; PEREIRA, C. . ALEM DOS MUROS DA

UNIVERSIDADE- ALEMUR. 2016. (Editoração/Periódico).

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Figure 9: Scientific Initiation Seminar

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Figure 10: Scientific Initiation Seminar

5. Update on Chairs Operations: There were no changes in operating mode.

6. Identify the main outcomes of the Chairs

The Magazine of the Chair: Beyond the Walls of the University - ALEMUR;

Collaboration in the Professional Master's Program – Environmental Socioeconomic

Sustainability with the Water, Women and Development research line and the

discipline water and gender.

Construction of the own headquarters of the Association of Women Hands that Shine

with the support of Vale.

Participating in 23° Consejo Intergubernamental de UNESCO PHI, section water

and gender, la Chair was represented by Prof. Kerey Alves

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7. Future activities that will contribute directly to IHP and/or to WWAP

Activities in the framework of the SDGs (identify the SDG ( target if possible)

for which each activity contributes).

Meeting (virtual) of water centers in the region, which will take place via Skype on

May 10, 4:30 pm (Montevideo time).

XIII Meeting of National Committees and Focal Points of the IHP in LAC, which will

take place in the city of Panama.

Training of two female master's students in the area of gender and water sustainability

in the context of the Fundão Dam.

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2 - Under the coordination of Prof. Dr. Carolina Maranhão.