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Women still carry most of the world's water

  • Written by Bethany Caruso, Postdoctoral (FIRST) Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Emory University
imageEthiopian girls carrying water.Waterdotorg, CC BY-NC-SA

Imagine going through your day without access to clean, safe water in your home for drinking, cooking, washing or bathing whenever you need it. According to a new report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization, 2.1 billion people around the world face that challenge every day. And the...

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