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2015 WORLD WATER WEEK IN STOCKHOLM
THEME: WATER FOR DEVELOPMENT
August 23 – 28, 2015
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WOMEN, CHILDREN & WATER
Glass ceilings aside,
millions of women are prohibited from accomplishing little more than survival.
Not because of a lack of ambition, or ability, but because of a lack of safe
water and adequate sanitation. Millions of women and children in the developing
world spend untold hours daily, collecting water from distant, often polluted
sources, then return to their villages carrying their filled 40 pound jerry
cans on their backs.
It is estimated that women and children spend 140 million hours
each day collecting water. 1,2,3
Surveys from 45 developing countries show that women and
children bear the primary responsibility for water collection in the vast
majority of households (76%). This is time not spent working at an
income-generating job, caring for family members, or attending school.3
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References
1. World Health
Organization and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). (2014). Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation, 2014 Update.
2. World Health Organization.
(2012). Global costs and benefits of drinking-water supply and sanitation
interventions to reach the MDG target and universal coverage.
3.
Every minute a child
dies of a water-related disease
Women and children
spend 140 million hours a day collecting water
1 in 9 people lack
access to safe water
More people have a
mobile phone than a toilet
For every $1 spent on water and sanitation there is a $4 economic return