Title | Gender and water : moving beyond the thin end of the wedge |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Naidoo, D |
Pagination | p. 4 - 5; 2 fig. |
Date Published | 2013-01-01 |
Publisher | Water Research Commission, WRC |
Place Published | Gezina |
Keywords | gender, south africa, water, water collection time |
Abstract | UNIFEM (UN Women), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, claims that women and children around the world travel some 10-15 km every day to collecting some 20 kg of water per trip. In South African alone women walk the equivalent of the journey to the moon and back 16 times every day to collect water. Water.org claims that, world wide, womenspend some 200 million hours a day collecting water. [authors abstract] |
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