The Scarcity Of Water And Its Effect On Gender Inequality

Jonathan Dalloo Professor Lewis Sociology 2201 December 12, 2016 The Paucity of Water and its Effect on Gender Inequality in India Based on a research survey conducted by the United Nations it reveals that, â€Å"convenient access to water and sanitation facilities increase privacy and reduce risk to women and girls of sexual harassment †¦Ã¢â‚¬  (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2005). Women living at the beginning and middle points of the village have to trek for a considerable distance to reach the stream, when compared to those who live at the bottom of the village near the stream. Women are the primary stakeholders in the fight for clean water as sources such as many rivers and wells are contaminated as they bear the burden and lack the freedoms that are necessary to ensure equality not inequality. Women in India have limited access to resources and the ability to express in the public sphere, which creates division of bearing the burden of responsibilities in the fight against the shortage of water. In many rural areas in India, women have to walk a distance of about 2 .5 kilometers to reach up to the source of water. Women reach home carrying heavy pots, not to rest but to do other household chores of cooking, cleaning, caring of children and looking after livestock, and in the evening fetching water. Thus, a rural woman’s life has become sheer drudgery for lack of water. There are many key causes of the water crisis that are due to: a rapid growthShow MoreRelatedSks7000-8 Assignment 31572 Words   |  7 Pagesmeasures for agriculture development to feed the massive population of the region have resulted in land degradation and desertification, water scarcity, pollution from agrochemicals, and loss of agricultural biodiversity. 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