Water, Women, Africa: Stanford Action

by Raging Grannies

Thu, Apr 23, 2009 10:00PM

An action on Stanford campus held on the day before Earth Day brought together three topics of great concern to the activist Raging Grannies--women, water, and Africa. Women, who bear the brunt of water hauling in African communities, are endangered when they must carry water for many miles over many hours on a daily basis. They are unable to attend school and are often at risk of sexual assault as they travel back and forth to water sources.

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According to a World Health Organization/UNICEF joint monitoring project of 2004, daily clean water access is not a reality for 1.1 billion people in the world. Women suffer inordinately when water is not readily available, as the task of obtaining enough for household needs generally falls to them.
The Raging Grannies spoke to the crowd of students, that included more than 60 men and women who carried water in buckets across campus to bring attention to the cause, encouraging the young activists to continue their efforts to end poverty. The Grannies also urged students to question the role of globalization and institutions like the World Bank and IMF in the world future generations stand to inherit.

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§Grannies told students about *One Struggle One Fight*

by Raging Grannies

Thu, Apr 23, 2009 10:00PM