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Article: Water, women and war.
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- Peace and Freedom
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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Water was the biggest buzz at the 2004 Women's International League of Peace and Freedom Congress in the little town of Kungalv, Sweden. Who has it? Who needs it? Who does it belong to? Is it clean enough to drink? Are we running out of it? Will it be the next excuse for war? During the week-long conference, which included official reports from twelve countries, over 300 sisters from 31 countries discussed the condition, distribution and availability of water in their own countries.
There was no question that water is a women's issue. Classically, women are responsible for, and in some countries actually fetch and carry, the water used in households because they ...