Take Action to Ensure That All People Have Access to Clean Water
Water is crucial for sustainable development, including the preservation of our natural environment and the alleviation of poverty and hunger. Water is indispensable for human health and well-being. Currently 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water. Water scarcity and contamination disproportionately impact low income women and girls. For many girls who must walk for miles to access clean water, school is not a reality. Without a basic education or the ability to get a formal wage-earning job, many women become locked into a vicious cycle of poverty. This has a ripple effect that impacts communities and countries socially, economically and environmentally.
World Water Day 2009
On March 16, 2009, the United Nations released its third World Water
Development Report "Water in a Changing World" at the 5th World Water
Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. According to
the report, population growth, climate change, reckless irrigation and
chronic waste are placing the world's water supplies at serious risk. Find
out more More about World Water Day 2009.
Take the Population Justice Environmental Challenge!
Join the Sierra Club in our new nationwide online advocacy campaign, the
Population Justice Environmental Challenge. By uniting advocacy efforts for
human rights, community health, gender equality and environmental
protection, we as global citizens can work together and create a world that
is equitable, sustainable and just. Take Action Today!
Take Action today!
Host a Woman-and-Water Party! Toolkit coming soon.
Download a copy of our "Running Dry" Screening Guide to help make your screening a success! The guide includes background information on the film and important planning tips.
The United Nations General Assembly, in December 2003, proclaimed the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'. Find out more.
Water is crucial for sustainable development, including the preservation of our natural environment and the alleviation of poverty and hunger. Water is indispensable for human health and well-being. Currently 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water. Water scarcity and contamination disproportionately impact low income women and girls. For many girls who must walk for miles to access clean water, school is not a reality. Without a basic education or the ability to get a formal wage-earning job, many women become locked into a vicious cycle of poverty. This has a ripple effect that impacts communities and countries socially, economically and environmentally.