Scaling gender equality through access to clean water

December 29, 2012

Ankur Sohanpal

In the world today, one in eight do not have access to clean drinking water, and more than twice that number do not have access to sanitation. Women bear the burden for most of this, as they must spend time collecting water, care for the sick in the family (primary cause of illness being water related), and hence must be pulled out of school or quit any enterprising activities they want to engage in. Read more here.