Unit 4: Women and Water

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Unit 4 Women and Water

• Module Environmental Justice and Freshwater
  Resources

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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.

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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
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Precipitation (mean monthly value, inches) Trinidad and Tobago Month
2.9 January
1.8 February
1.4 March
2.1 April
4.8 May
10.3 June
10.9 July
10.3 August
8.3 September
8.2 October
9.3 November
6.4 December
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Trinidads inconvenient spatial truth
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California!
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TrinidadRainwater Harvesting
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KenyaSand Dam Construction
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KenyaSand dam construction
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KenyaSand Dams Build Aquifers
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IndiaPaths of Contamination
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Women and girls are especially hard-hit by
limited access to clean water.
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In 2010, the United Nations affirmed the right to
water and sanitation as a basic human right.