Hi, I’m Tessa, from charity: water’s monitoring and evaluation team. As part of my job, I look for and share external research on the global water crisis to help our local partners maximize their effectiveness. Because of the nature of my role, I’m acutely aware of the ways in which the water crisis uniquely impacts women and girls.
Like the fact that each day women and girls around the world spend a collective 200 million hours collecting water. Or that every year, 660,000 women lose their lives prematurely to unsafe water sources. Or that women in water insecure households are 14% more likely to experience intimate personal violence.
If you’ve been around charity: water for awhile, you’ve probably heard these stories. We’ve met countless women whose lives are changed because of clean water. But this year, our team is adding measures to deepen our understanding of the water crisis’ specific impact on women and girls.
Going forward, our partners will collect data on who in the household is responsible for fetching water—so we can measure exactly how much time women and girls are getting back. We’ll also ask about safety: Do women and girls feel at risk when collecting water? Do they fear harm or assault? These insights will help us understand the full impact of clean water in ways we haven’t before and enable us to shape even more effective solutions.
Because clean water isn’t just about wells and pipelines. It’s about dignity, opportunity, and breaking cycles of inequality. And thanks to you, we’re making that possible.
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