“…what kind of a man are you that cannot even provide water on the table?” Unpacking the gendered nature of water conflicts at the household level in arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya

A blog by Prof. Salome Bukachi and Mercy Mbithe from the University of Nairobi   Water, a life-giving resource, can paradoxically also be a source of conflict. Researchers and policy-makers regularly talk about the nature and status of water related conflicts,...

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Woman fetching water in a dug-out dry Kawalase river bed. Photo taken by Mercy Mbithe

“…what kind of a man are you that cannot even provide water on the table?” Unpacking the gendered nature of water conflicts at the household level in arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya

November 19, 2024

Tracing Emerging Contaminants in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia

September 18, 2024

How the lack of inclusive waterpoints creates challenges for vulnerable people in coastal Bangladesh

August 27, 2024

Lack of safe drinking water: Estimates double globally

August 16, 2024
Teambuilding activity at Ethiopia Stakeholder Engagement Workshop

Revitalizing Stakeholder Engagement Strategies to Redress Water Security Challenges in Ethiopia

August 14, 2024
Locked tap on water supply in southwest Bangladesh

Potable water insecurity: Health concerns of the marginalised population in southwest coastal Bangladesh

May 9, 2024

Unravelling drought patterns using high-resolution drought datasets

May 8, 2024

Professor Katrina Charles features on Vice-Chancellor's Podcast

April 9, 2024

Water scarcity forcing rural Kenyan women to devise coping mechanisms

March 13, 2024

Fair Water? REACH's new exhibition at Oxford’s Museum of Natural History

December 1, 2023

Pouring hope or pouring doubt – Navigating the aftermath of disasters in coastal Bangladesh

November 22, 2023

Policy-makers meet to advance the water security agenda in Kenya

November 9, 2023

‘Our partnership with REACH recognises science has a critical role in designing and delivering effective policy and improving practice on the ground.’

KELLY ANN NAYLOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) SECTION, PROGRAMME DIVISION, UNICEF

‘Our partnership with REACH recognises science has a critical role in designing and delivering effective policy and improving practice on the ground.’

KELLY ANN NAYLOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) SECTION, PROGRAMME DIVISION, UNICEF

‘Our partnership with REACH recognises science has a critical role in designing and delivering effective policy and improving practice on the ground.’

KELLY ANN NAYLOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) SECTION, PROGRAMME DIVISION, UNICEF

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