Welcome
 Women and the Environment Organization (WATEO) is a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization established by Iraqi academics on June 5, 2005 (coinciding with International Environment Day). WATEO seeks to raise awareness of environmental and social issues with a special emphasis on women’s interests. We recognize the need to educate women about their role in managing environmental resources to achieve sustainable development. WATEO pledges to empower women to achieve positive environmental change in their families and societies.
Mission
To educate and increase the capability of men and women in the Middle East region, in their roles and responsibilities in securing their own communities, through resource management, and capacity building programs. These objectives will be reached through lectures, studies, workshops, seminars, publications, and other appropriate means. These means will be targeted through community leaders, policy makers, clerics, and tribal leader training, TV and radio messages, university workshops, and further research into environmental resources and their management as pertains to women in the community.
Vision
A world where women and men are managing the environmental resources to achieve sustainable development and security.
Achievements
- Trust Building: WATEO succeed in building trust among tribal and traditional communities. WATEO relies on Iraqi professors and local experts who understand Iraqi culture and traditions. WATEO's experts succeeded in introducing modern concepts such as environmental education, sustainability, and resource management.
- Empowering Women: WATEO's experts work with women in their communities providing capacity building training. WATEO experts also bridge the gap between genders in local communities.
- Investing in the Young Generations: WATEO's experts trained children and youth to raise their awareness on the connections between environmental issues and security issues.
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