Mainly women and girls get water for the 1.8 billion people living without home water supplies, a new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. ManilaBulletin
The report said women and girls aged 15 and older primarily collect water in 7 out of 10 such households. Male members of families are responsible for fetching water in only 3 out of 10 homes.
The report also showed that more than 500,000 million people still share sanitation facilities with other households, which compromises women's and girls' privacy, dignity and safety. Among 51 countries with available data, women and adolescent girls in the poorest households and those with disabilities are the most likely to lack a private place to wash and change.
It is the first in-depth analysis of gender inequalities in countries where national statistics are available, highlighting the risks women and girls face from inadequate access to WASH.
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