Gender disparities in water, sanitation, and global health

Bethany A. Caruso; Varadan Sevilimedu; Isaac Chun-Hai Fung; Archana Patkar; Kelly K. Baker

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61497-0

Gender disparities in water, sanitation, and global health

Bethany A. Caruso
, Varadan Sevilimedu
, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
, Archana Patkar
, Kelly K. Baker

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences

Emory University
Georgia Southern University
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
University of Iowa

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60 Scopus citations

Abstract

Celebrating World Water Day, The Lancet Editors1 highlighted the gains made towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 7c, “to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation”, and noted UN-Water's call for sustainable water management in view of future increases in demand and shortfalls in supply. As the primary water collectors worldwide, women are disproportionately affected by the scarcity of adequate resources; however, global estimates of improvements in water access do not reflect gender-disaggregated benefits and burdens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	650-651
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	386
Issue number	9994
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61497-0
State	Published - Aug 15 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

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General Medicine

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Gender disparities in water, sanitation, and global health

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