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Water in the house - women's work
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:09 authored by Sally SuttonIt has been a struggle of the past three decades to promote
the involvement of women in decision-making in rural
water supply. This may have now reached a stage where
paradoxically more emphasis needs to be placed on men’s
roles. A quiet revolution is taking place, in that men are
becoming more prepared to assist in water collection, and
this needs to be brought out, so that others can see that it
is increasingly normal behaviour, and does not have to lead
to loss of dignity, or ridicule. The role of women in
decision-making still needs to be promoted, but this should
not be so laboured that men feel they have no role to play
and no responsibility.
In practical terms, this paper also looks at how effective
women in rural Zambia are being in providing safe and
adequate water in the house, and in promoting good
personal hygiene within the family. Information is based
on data collected during base-line surveys in smaller poorer
communities which mostly still use traditional water sources.
It indicates that in hygiene education in the areas studied,
that more emphasis might be put on water storage capacity
and children’s hand washing, and less on water collection
and storage practice.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC ConferenceCitation
SUTTON, S., 2001. Water in the house - women's work. IN: Scott, R. (ed). People and systems for water, sanitation and health: Proceedings of the 27th WEDC International Conference, Lusaka, Zambia, 20-24 August 2001, pp. 444-447.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
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2001Notes
This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:12715Language
- en
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