The World Health Organization indicates that more than 80% of lack of access to water in Latin America women and girls are responsible for managing and providing water to families.
In Peru, women are estimated to be responsible for collecting water in six out of 10 households without access to potable water, according to the INEI Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES).
Wherein women they lose up to two hours a day, time that could be spent studying or developing productive activities that improve their quality of life.
“We know that women have to carry water in the poorest homes, but girls also do this job, what is left of their school performance,” says Mauro Gutiérrez, executive president of the National Sanitary Services Authority (Sunass).
It should be added that in the region women They do 75% of unpaid domestic work, one in three do not generate income, and 54% work in an informal context with precarious income and weak social protection.
Sunass also notes that access to drinking water improves women’s health by 50% during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
They also argue that such access to basic services reduces the likelihood of contracting diseases and infections through handwashing and eating. and prevents water transfer, which can increase the chance of miscarriage, premature birth, or any complications.
Source: RPP
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