Archive for August 7, 2015

Africa’s Rural Women Must Count in Water Management

NAIROBI, Jan 26 2015 (IPS) – More women’s voices are being heard at international platforms to address the post-2015 water agenda, as witnessed at the recently concluded international U.N International Water Conference held from Jan. 15 to 17 in Zaragoza, Spain.

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Africa’s rural women must be brought into the post-2015 water agenda. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS

But experts say that the same cannot be said of water management at the local level and countries like Kenya are already suffering from the impact of poor water management as a result of the exclusion of rural women. Read more