Unequal burden: water privatisation and women
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Gender & Development
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Theme
- Water
- Publication Date
- Mar 2010
- Author(s)
- Rebecca Brown
- Editor (s)
- Caroline Sweetman
- Publisher:
- Gender & Development is published for Oxfam GB by Routledge
- ISSN:
- 1355-2074
- E-ISSN:
- 1364-9221
- STOCK CODE:
- 002J1486
- FORMAT:
- PDF (pp.9)
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Read this article online (PDF file)- Abstract
Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing access to water for poor women. This paper examines the human right to water and why this right is critical for women and girls. It then discusses privatisation, and the tension between contractual obligations and respect for human rights. Finally, it explores some strategies and successes from women's involvement in the struggle against water privatisation in Tanzania.
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