Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
Achieving the MDGs of Water and Sanitation in Sub ... - UNU-IAS
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Read<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> Underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
Facts<br />
• Responsibility for collect<strong>in</strong>g water <strong>in</strong> Africa falls<br />
predom<strong>in</strong>antly to women <strong>and</strong> children, as does<br />
<strong>the</strong> responsibility for car<strong>in</strong>g for those suffer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from water <strong>and</strong> sanitation-related n diseases.<br />
Women are disproportionately affected by lack <strong>of</strong><br />
safe water (WHO/UNICEF, 2008:35).<br />
• The social consequences:<br />
- Imperiled physical wellbe<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> sexual<br />
harassment.<br />
- Limited access to education<br />
- Limited i access to free <strong>and</strong> equal participation i i <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> economic <strong>and</strong> social life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir communities<br />
(UN-<strong>Water</strong> 2008).<br />
Albert Djemetio <strong>Water</strong> Sem<strong>in</strong>ar, <strong>UNU</strong>-<strong>IAS</strong>, March 10, 2009<br />
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