The Department of Water and Sanitation is on a drive to shake up the water sector by changing the role of women in relation to water. “We want to shake the water and sanitation sector to say that women are not just those that must go and collect water from the rivers and bring water that you share with animals, said Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane. “They must also be suppliers of the pipes, they must manage reservoirs and help us look after this scarce resource. It’s all about making women part of the entire water and sanitation value chain,” she explained. She was speaking during the National Women in Water Consultative Conference 2015, currently taking place at the CSIR International Convention Centre.