- 75% of Water Workforce will be at or beyond retirement age in the next 5 years, with no talent in the pipeline
- Moving AI forward in the water sector needs transfer of knowledge from the current workforce
- Women on make up 8.8% of the global water workforce and are a source of talent for the global workforce crisis
- Recruiting and Training the workforce will require investment from the public, private and philanthropic sectors
- WaterRising is seeking funding to continue with our efforts in leading the global water workforce to recruit, train and retain women #water #workforce #genderequality #waterwoman #infrastructure #womenempowerment
Transcript:
Last day of the World Economic Forum here in Davos, I thought I’d come out and spend some time in nature on this post.
I’ve got a beautiful waterfall behind me reminding me of the importance and the urgency with water, especially being from Michigan, you know, the home of the Great Lakes, a $1 trillion you know, economy, and Not just the demand that we have for water, but the crisis that we have in the workforce, and our call to action for that workforce was through the Water Woman project that we created an idea around 5 years ago here at the World Economic Forum.
We continued to move that project forward with over 150 volunteers globally.
In February, the EPA, with our partnership with the Water Tower will be releasing the report on the recommendations for women and recruiting them and retaining them in the workforce.
We look forward to being able to share that with the rest of the world and to be able to go beyond our our project by continuing to provide key data.
Being able to come alongside the water utilities along with the private sector as well as continuing to meet with family offices and philanthropy on the risk right now without having talent in the pipeline.
So that’s a wrap here in Davos.
