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UN Wire - Government officials met with leaders from a variety of NGOs in Istanbul for the World Water Forum, where discussion of global water policy turned toward a debate about the implications of designating access to clean water as a fundamental human right.

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Not enough: Girls in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, waited on March 6 for free fresh water provided by a charity group. The city doesn't have enough water to meet demand.

Rebecca Blackwell/AP
 
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

March 19, 2009

 

IS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT?

 

A growing movement thinks so, saying it will guarantee that the poor have water. But at a water conference in Turkey, officials voice concern about implementing such a right.

ISTANBUL, Turkey - With fresh water resources becoming scarcer worldwide due to population growth and climate change, a growing movement is working to make access to clean water a basic universal human right.

But it's a contentious issue, experts say. Especially difficult is how to safely mesh public-sector interests with public ownership of resources – and determine the legal and economic ramifications of enshrining the right to water by law.........

 

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Women News Network

 

INDIA - WOMEN AT THE WELL - VIDEO

http://womennewsnetwork.vodpod.com/video/526589-india-women-at-the-well?c=sort.latest

Click Arrow in center of screen to start video.

 

Women & Water

Meet village women in India as they draw water from the local well. Water is a scarce resource in this area.

 

 

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