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Unit 4: Women and Water

Explore water scarcity challenges faced by women in developing nations, analyzing hydrologic cycle impact on access to fresh water in Trinidad, Kenya, and India. Learn about rainwater harvesting, sand dam construction, and contamination paths affecting women and girls' right to clean water.

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Unit 4: Women and Water

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  1. Unit 4: Women and Water Module: Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources

  2. UNIT GOALS • Compare and contrast water scarcity issues facing women in developing countries of the Global South. • Use the hydrologic cycle to explain why some people lack access to a reasonable supply of fresh water.

  3. Principles of the hydrologic cycle affect water scarcity and quality in Trinidad, Kenya and India. (Click on the name of the country to access the Google Earth file if desired). India Trinidad Kenya

  4. Trinidad’s inconvenient spatial truth

  5. California!

  6. Trinidad—Rainwater Harvesting

  7. Kenya—Sand Dam Construction

  8. Kenya—Sand dam construction

  9. Kenya—Sand Dams Build Aquifers

  10. India—Paths of Contamination

  11. Women and girls are especially hard-hit by limited access to clean water.

  12. In 2010, the United Nations affirmed the right to water and sanitation as a basic human right.

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