The Scarcity Of Water And Its Effect On Gender Inequality

Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz in her article Water-On Women's Burdens, Humans' Rights, and Companies Profit claims that the privatization of fresh water supplies would be disastrous because water is a resource that is a necessity for life. She thinks that water should be free for the public and that is that it is wrong to charge people for such a critical resource. She states that “the commercialization of water resources has resulted in sobering problems”. Claiming that private companies have used up farmers irrigation water and entire rivers had dried (Gündüz 139). She concludes her argument by emphasizing that water not only has an effect to the poor, but on women.The author Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz develops her claim by appealing to the reader's

“Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit” were written by Vandana Shiva, depicting the water issues currently in India and how its shortage may cause a war in the future. Her book is really informative and descriptive to present what water practice in comparison to how they have been used. Shiva also expresses how those problems, which collaborated to methods and process throughout the world in general, specifically in India, as well as on an international level. She uses different involved projects, scientist research and statistical report, which changed over year to support her arguments. She debates about privatization, analyzes the complex of growing industry and agriculture of water, and environment due to community management and ecology that water continues to be used with the unsustainable method. Throughout Water Wars book, Shiva lists various evidences to assist her claims and she still believes that water is a gift from nature so the human has no right to destroy it.

My name is Vynateya Purimetla, and I am an eighth grader currently attending East Hills Middle School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Presently, we are in a hydrogeology unit and we have been researching global water crises around the world and the effects they have on people who inhabit those regions. I am writing this letter to address the issues of inadequate sanitation, untreated sewage in groundwater, and holy rivers being polluted due to a host of reasons. These problems are occurring in both rural and urban areas, and are affecting more than 80% of the Indian population who depend on water polluted with untreated sewage, nitrate, and agricultural runoff for basic survival needs, (The Huffington Post). As the leader of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, I hope that some of the solutions outlined in this letter could be helpful to you in solving India’s water crisis.

USnews.com finds that India is an area where a large majority of the population do not have access to clean water. Indians have to spend 62 more cents than the British for their water, which is estimated to be 20 percent of their average income. These are the circumstances that they have to live with in, where the only alternative is to use contaminated water. Those who choose to do so often face a risk of dying from an illness, more often from diarrhea. Exposure to dirty water accounts for the death of 140,000 kids in India.

The purpose of this research paper is to discuss the water crisis in the region of Africa and how water can cause many other problems such as inadequate sanitation, poverty and diseases for the population. People living in third world countries are suffering from the water crisis that has become a major problem for the United Nations, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, Millennium Development Goals and many of the other organizations. For some of these organizations have been successful in providing a bit more water through the years it’s still a working process. Water is essential for life, it’s not just for the body’s physical need; yet millions of people do not have access to clean water. The lack of accessible of fresh water contributes too many diseases such as HIV, AIDS, waterborne diseases, causing the death of millions of women and children annually in the region. This is making it harder for the communities to develop a safer home for their families and to improve the conditions of the country. This research paper will examine the problems, solutions and causes. How it all comes together, to contribute to this water crisis and to weather there is a solutions set by the United Nations, studies that have been conducted and other organizations, which can maybe work for the years to come. In addition, the same water problems are going to be discussed with regard to Africa for statics, examples and quotes done by the organizations in the past and

Water is found everywhere on earth : from ice-covered lakes to tropical rains, yje surface of our planet is covered with almost three quarters of water. However, water is still one of the most precious resource for humanity : only 2.5% of water is pure. Water is therefore a renewable but no unlimited natural resource which is at the center of many debates : considered as the most sever threat in the world, water shortage crisis is spreading in the news. This essay will discuss the following : first, we will see how water is linked to everything; ten we will see that water crisis has a lot of repercussions on developing countries and their growth. Finally we will discuss

Water is becoming a precious commodity around the world. “Throughout to world, water is recognized as the most fundamental and indispensable of all natural resources and it is clear that neither social and economic development, nor environmental diversity, can be sustained without water” (Ashton 1). Water is becoming scarce throughout the world. “Water scarcity is when an individual does not have access to safe affordable water to satisfy her or his needs for drinking, washing or their livelihoods…”(Rijsberman 1).

In places, like sub-Saharan Africa, time lost gathering water and suffering from water-borne diseases is limiting people's true potential. Also, causing them to miss important economic and educational opportunities open to men and boys; while people merely try to survive. But it doesn't have to be like this. The problem of water scarcity is a rising one. As more people put ever-increasing requests on limited supplies, the cost and effort to build or even maintain entry to water will increase. “The pertinence of ethics to water utilization and management is clear in a general sense. It is important for everyone involved in water resource management and in public health to have a well-reasoned understanding of the moral values and obligations

The article “The Right to Water in the Slums of Mumbai, India” highlights the primary barriers to accessing water in the slums of Mumbai, India. Residents of slums that are “notified” in India, meaning that they are recognized by the government, are entitled to access to city services, including water supply. Residents of non-notified slums suffer from lack of access to sanitary water, latrines, electricity, and public transportation. Nearly half of the slums in Mumbai are non-notified. Notified slum communities have access to a chlorinated central water supply managed by the government, leaving residents of non-notified slums to illegally tap into city water pipes out of desperation. Lack of access to clean water causes diarrhoeal illnesses

Providing access to clean water relieves this burden and unleashes the freedom to work, learn, grow, and dream. On average, women and children in the developing world spend four hours each day collecting water. When a child's day is spent fetching clean water or battling a water-related disease, attending school is simply not possible. We built a 10-toilet latrine for a school in Peche Village near Gulu. The burden of fetching water often falls on women, preventing them from working or getting an education. Walking long distances to get water increases the risk of sexual assault, and the lack of proper sanitation facilities is the main reason young girls drop out of school. Access to clean water helps women get the same opportunities as

Aishia is a 22 years old woman who lives in Bitongo, a rural village in Sub-Saharan, Africa. Without a reliable source of water near this village, Aishia has to travel up to 40 km each and every day to collect enough water for her family, taking up to 8 a day and taking significant time away from education. A lot of people live here with no clean water and no sanitation. Many people get very ill here with fevers, coughs and terrible

In developing countries, still lacking access to clean water and hygienic sanitation that cause result in the suffering of million people from preventable diseases and die every year. About 58% people living in eastern Asia without access to improve sanitation and 30% don’t have access to clean water that causes result in 10 children (per thousand) have died in each year in this region. In south Asia, more than 60% people living without access to improve sanitation and 40% living without access to clean water and caused of annual death of 15 children per thousand. While South Eastern Asia this rate has been decreased, 45% people don’t have access to improve sanitation and 25% living without access to clean and safe water that causes of annual

Many communities don’t have the luxury of fresh water nearby, which means someone must travel to collect it. This lifestyle leaves a huge burden on the Kenyan women, as they take on all

Without a decent plumbing system, most Africans have access to water from the ponds or streams. According to the statement made by WHO in 2004, there is only 16% of citizens in sub-Saharan has access to water through a tap in their house (WHO). It suggests that the household connection of water is insufficient. As a result, African women and young girls have to walk miles to get water every day. Moreover, the wells are not built broadly in Africa since the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry neglects it’s responsible for the management of

The source mentioned above is biased. The sources only mention the water scarcity problem. The efforts to correct the problem are not highlighted. The source is reliable as it is a research project done by the Dhofar University; the article is a result of the findings. It supports the