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UN Video library: Gender and water

2011

Colombia: Wayuu "Gold"
UNTV 21st Century, 2011
Place: Colombia
Duration: 8min46sec
Desert conditions have been exacerbated in recent years in Northern Colombia. The indigenous Wayuu women are struggling to ensure their community's very survival despite dwindling water resources. This video shows the initiatives they have taken to improve the situation.

2010

Gender Mainstreaming in Water and Sanitation in African Cities
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Gender and Water Alliance
Duration: 5min31sec
This video highlights the importance of mainstream gender in the WASH sector in Africa. It introduces the problems women face every day in relation to water and sanitation.

2008

Women's water cooperative in Tanzania
UNTV: UN in Action Place: Tanzania
Duration: 2min56sec
A neighbourhood project in Dar es Salaam is giving financial independence to women while improving their community. The World Bank-funded co-operative provides freshwater at low cost to the impoverished district, and allows the entrepreneurial women a new outlook on life.