Women as Water Providers and Users

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In rural Africa and Asia, it's usually the job of women to collect water, and in areas with droughts or floods, this presents them with a huge number of physical and practical problems. What is being done to help them? Also on the programme: Is bottled water a waste of money? The topical diary comes from Arctic explorers Victoria Richards and Lucy Roberts. Picture: Women in India carrying water, Credit: Getty Images