Publications

The UNEP-DHI Centre, with significant support and commitment from its partnerships, constantly publishes reports focused exclusively on water resources management at global, regional and basin level. The recent publications can be downloaded below.

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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2026

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2026: Water for All People – Equal Rights and Opportunities outlines practical steps to close gender gaps and advance progress towards sustainable water management and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2025

The 2025 SDG Gender Snapshot publication examines all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), presenting updated data and insights on gender equality progress and disparities, including on water resources management.

Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Water Resources Management: Global status and 7 pathways to progress

The 2025 Policy Note on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Resources Management serves as a call to action for practitioners in water management and gender mainstreaming. With only five years left to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on gender equality and SDG 6 on water and sanitation, urgent action is needed to scale up efforts and accelerate joint progress.

Advancing towards gender mainstreaming in water resources management

The report showcases a range of practices on how countries have advanced women’s participation in water management and provides recommendations on how to replicate and upscale those practices, seen through the lens of seven enablers.

Water and Gender: UN-Water factpage

Comprehensive fact page and resource directory on the challenges but also the opportunities related to mainstreaming Gender in IWRM.