Womenforwater

Elected as a President Women for Water Partnership (WfWP) in 2024, previously, Mrs. Iskreva served two terms as Treasurer of Women for Water Partnership. She is the founder and has served for 27 years as the CEO of Earth Forever Foundation. Member of Soroptimist club Ancient Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

In 2012, AlertNet – the World’s humanitarian news site of Reuters, nominated Mrs. Iskreva among the 10 Water Trailblazers in the world.

Diana is a member of the UN TaskForce on Water Decade for sustainability and a member of the ISC of the International High-level conference on UN Decade for action – Water for sustainability.

Nominated by Swiss government, Diana was two terms the Deputy Chair of the Compliance Committee on Protocol on Water and Health under UN Watercourse Convention.

Mrs. Iskreva served two mandates as an EUWI Coordination Group member.

She has served as a national coordinator (for Bulgaria) and regional representative (for Central and Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia) of Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council for 11 years, Geneva.

Diana has been a member of the International Advisory Board of Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) for 14 years.

She was a Board Member of International Secretariat for Water (Canada) for 3 terms.
Diana is a founding member of Solidarity Water Europe (Strasbourg) and served 3 mandates as a member of the Board.

In my role as the President of WfWP, I lead a Partnership of women’s civil organisations focused on the achievement of SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), together with SDG 5 (Gender equality), SDG 3 (Good health and well-being), SDG 2 (No hunger), and SDG 13 (Climate action). We are among the most devoted to bring water and sanitation to the most needy households, remote areas, rural schools; to support women farmers transition to climate-smart agriculture and active players on the carbon market; to train young water activists; to empower women water professionals; to advocate for waterwise production and consumption; to lobby for sustainable funding made available for women water projects, etc.

WfWP make a change at local, national, and regional levels in Africa, Americas, Asia, and Europe, as well as globally, by mobilizing women for the implementation of water projects prioritizing the needs and demands of women and girls in their communities, at the places they work and study, at their homes.

Different reports show that only 17% of women work in the water sector worldwide, incl. administrative jobs. Women’s water and sanitation needs are often underrecognized by various international, national, and local bodies. This is the reason why women are hardly ever represented at the opening sessions of conventions, why women discuss in separate women’s fora, and why women recommendations are only included in the final outcome after much insistence.

Getting financial support is another issue – not only for WfWP, but for all women organisations. That is why WfWP advocates getting women to higher decision-making bodies. Together with our Members and Partners, WfWP works to ensure that women get educated, trained, and empowered so they can get decent employment in the water sector.