Women's Challenges Around the Globe

• Women and girls can sometimes spend all day fetching water
• Water related diseases cost the Indian economy 73 million working days a year
• Lack of sanitation facilities force women and girls to resort to relieving themselves publicly leaving them vulnerable to violent attacks and rape
• A 20-liter (5 gallon) jug of water weighs almost 50lbs 
• When water and sanitation facilities are in schools, the number of female students increases. With just a few years of basic education, women have smaller, healthier families, and are more likely able to work their way out of poverty
• Each additional year of female education is thought to reduce child mortality by 5-10%