Women at the Centre of Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene – Report
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: October 30, 2006
WUNRN
Link to Full Report:
Report: For Her It’s the Big Issue:
Putting Women at the Centre of Water Supply, Sanitation &
Hygiene
Hygiene
Lack of basic sanitation and safe water is an acute problem for the
women
and girls who live in poor and overcrowded urban slums and in the
rural
areas of the developing world. Many of them have to wait to
relieve
themselves until dark, sometimes confronting the fear and the reality
of
harassment and sexual assault. When crises hit and personal safety
and
security are diminished, even fetching water becomes risky for fear
of
assault. In many countries, school attendance by girls is lower and
dropout
rates are higher in schools that have no access to safe water and
no
separate toilet facilities for boys and girls. If we do not focus on
these
challenges, it will negatively affect our chances of delivering on a
number
of Millennium Development Goals.
women
and girls who live in poor and overcrowded urban slums and in the
rural
areas of the developing world. Many of them have to wait to
relieve
themselves until dark, sometimes confronting the fear and the reality
of
harassment and sexual assault. When crises hit and personal safety
and
security are diminished, even fetching water becomes risky for fear
of
assault. In many countries, school attendance by girls is lower and
dropout
rates are higher in schools that have no access to safe water and
no
separate toilet facilities for boys and girls. If we do not focus on
these
challenges, it will negatively affect our chances of delivering on a
number
of Millennium Development Goals.
____________________________________________________________________________
================================================================
To
leave the list, send your request by email to:
wunrn_listserve-request@lists.wunrn.com. Thank you.
Categories: Releases