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I listened to an interesting podcast about India, and how the relative lack of access to piped, potable water in the home was a significant factor in women not
by hunglee2 3y ago
I listened to an interesting podcast about India, and how the relative lack of access to piped, potable water in the home was a significant factor in women not being able to enter into the market economy. You can't live without water, so somebody has to go and get it - that is usually the women of the household who have to trek hours to draw, collect and transport the water back for home use. The opportunity cost of doing this is, is massive. The best thing India can do - if it wants women to enter the market economy - is a nationwide plan to plumb every household in the country
- mschuster91 3y agoThat problem is not just limited to India - it's just as bad in Africa [1], where it is linked to all sorts of issues ranging from school attendance to violence against women. [1] https://blogs.worldbank.org/water/closing-access-gap-water-and-sanitation-eastern-and-southern-africa-raising-ambition https://blogs.worldbank.org/water/closing-access-gap-water-a...
- hunglee2 3y agoyes indeed not limited, water is women's work everywhere. Plumbing - that is the key