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Bearing the Burden: Why Clean Water Is Vital to Elevating Women and Girls out of Poverty
newsdeeply.com - Kathryn Karol
Access to clean water is more than just a health issue – it’s the key to gender equality and female empowerment in the world’s least developed …
Why Female-Friendly Toilets Need to Become a Hot News Topic
newsdeeply.com - Marni Sommer
November 19 is World Toilet Day – and a chance to highlight the role of toilets in gender inequality. Global health expert Marni Sommer says a lack …
Tackling Menstrual Hygiene Among Adolescents in India
newsdeeply.com - Bhavya Dore
Educating India’s girls about menstruation and ending the existing culture of shame requires a multifaceted approach: The Indian government’s …
For First Time in Decades, Liberia’s Taps Are No Longer Running Dry
newsdeeply.com - Kate Thomas
In Liberia, the Ebola outbreak drove steps to restore water pipes devastated during 14 years of civil war. As well as improving public health and …
Healthy Rivers Lead to Healthy Communities
newsdeeply.com - Michele Sullivan
Michele Sullivan, president of the Caterpillar Foundation, makes the case that the rehabilitation of riverbanks and wetlands creates a profound and …
How Turkish Women With Disabilities Are Entering the Workforce
newsdeeply.com - Aynur Tekin
Women with disabilities often encounter ‘double discrimination’ in Turkey – faced with unemployment or lower-grade jobs on account of their gender …
Battle Ahead in Colorado on Water Conserved for Lake Powell Storage
newsdeeply.com - Brent Gardner-Smith
With shortages looming, Colorado interests are struggling to finalize a drought contingency plan. The state is split between East and West over …
How Daycare and Savings Groups Empowered Women in a Nairobi Slum
newsdeeply.com - Dominic Kirui
From small beginnings, a group of Kenyan women in a slum area have developed a thriving savings group that has brought a measure of financial …
Massive California Water Tunnel Project Forges Ahead on Several Fronts
newsdeeply.com - Cariad Hayes Thronson
Gov. Jerry Brown terms out in two months, yet the giant twin tunnel project he has shepherded will still be plodding through several permitting …
Untangling the Complexities of California’s Proposition 3 Water Bond
newsdeeply.com - Heather Cooley, Sonali Abraham, Sarah Diringer and Cora Kammeyer
The $8.9 billion bond measure on the November 6 ballot covers a lot of ground on water issues. It also promises big money for a few projects that …
In Water-Stressed West, an Old Water Efficiency Metric Needs a Reboot
newsdeeply.com - Gary Pitzer
The acre-foot yardstick has been a reliable standby for water agency officials to explain water use to the public. But it may be time to recalibrate …
Kenya’s Women-Run Village Banks Benefit the Whole Family
newsdeeply.com - Dominic Kirui
In Part 2 of a two-part report on the informal banks that help women secure financial stability, we look at the safeguards the women have put in …
California Water Officials Must Stop Putting Oil Industry Over Water
newsdeeply.com - Hollin Kretzmann
State regulators have allowed the oil industry to dump waste fluid in unlined pits for decades. Even amid proof that this practice has polluted …
Deeply Talks: How Philanthropy Can Fund Gender Equality
newsdeeply.com - Lara Setrakian
Lara Setrakian talks to Cynthia Nimmo, president and CEO of the Women’s Funding Network, now a growing community of more than 100 women’s funds and …
Oregon, Already Struggling With Drought, May Have Still More to Come
newsdeeply.com - Matt Weiser
Record heat and low rainfall have prompted drought emergency declarations in nearly a third of Oregon’s counties. Predicted El Niño conditions may …
Wyoming Is Missing out on a Wrinkle in Water Law Worth Millions
newsdeeply.com - Angus M. Thuermer Jr., Wyofile.com
Agricultural interests are getting rich off temporary transfers of water to serve oil fracking wells. Even though water is considered a public …
Colorado River Crisis Demands Focus on Farm Conservation Programs
newsdeeply.com - Hannah Holm
Small programs can go a long way to save water and help farmers survive the coming shortages on the Colorado River. These should be the next focus …
The Race for WASH Technology That Might Actually Work
newsdeeply.com - Ian Evans
Technology solutions to address water, sanitation and hygiene issues have had a litany of failures, but a few responses seem to be breaking the mold. …
The Informal Bank That Empowers Kenya’s Poorest Women
newsdeeply.com - Dominic Kirui
In Part 1 of a two-part report on the informal banks that help women secure financial stability, we look at a savings group in Kenya that grants …
Big Food Brands Commit to Conserve Water, Soil – and the Climate
newsdeeply.com - Eliza Roberts, Lindsay Bass
Major food growers and retailers are looking hard at their growing and distribution practices to conserve soil nutrients and protect water quality. …
Why California Law Requires a Clear Benefit for Groundwater Recharge
newsdeeply.com - Matt Weiser
Aquifer recharge by itself isn’t enough to win a water diversion permit in California, says Erik Ekdahl of the State Water Resources Control Board. A …
Menstrual Discrimination Is Illegal in Nepal – but No One Is Listening
newsdeeply.com - Martin Bader
A little over a year after the Nepalese government outlawed the chhaupadi tradition that places restrictions on menstruating women, little has …
The Women Engineers Solving Tanzania’s Sanitation Problems
newsdeeply.com - Kizito Makoye Shigela
Dar Es Salaam is slowly overcoming the sexism that pervades the field of engineering, drawing on the skills of its women engineers in an effort to …
The Indian Women Campaigning for Clean Water
newsdeeply.com - Mahesh Bacham
A campaign started by the women of Beechaganahalli village in Karnataka, India, has transformed lives. Their efforts resulted in the building of a …
The Ugandan Sanitary Pad Factory Keeping Girls in School
newsdeeply.com - Michele Sibiloni
A factory in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, is helping keep girls in school by producing cheap, reusable sanitary pads. By teaming up with NGOs, …
Is Resistance Futile? Cigarette Butts Still Dominate Coastal Litter
newsdeeply.com - Alastair Bland
Smokers burn through 6 trillion cigarettes every year, and most are tossed into the environment. Butts contain microplastics and harmful chemicals, …
Deeply Talks: Domestic Workers in the Gulf
newsdeeply.com - Jihii Jolly
In our August episode of Deeply Talks, experts joined us to discuss our new long-form investigation, on the rights of migrant domestic workers in the …
Almond Farms Keep Growing, and Keep Moving on Water Conservation
newsdeeply.com - Daniel Beaulieu
California grows 80 percent of the world’s almonds, generating $11 billion annually for the state’s economy. Richard Waycott of the Almond Board of …
Rural Women: Celebrating the Culture of Courage
newsdeeply.com - Shipra Deo
On the U.N.’s International Day of Rural Women, Shipra Deo of land rights organization Landesa looks at two women who embody the tenacious spirit …
In California, Prop. 3 Is a Billion-Dollar Fix for Stubborn Water Woes
newsdeeply.com - Jerry Meral
The $8.9 billion bond measure on the November ballot would solve groundwater contamination in disadvantaged communities, restore wetlands, protect …