All articles tagged with #water access
A Black Globe Magazine writer recalls a childhood shaped by racial exclusion from pools and a decades-long fear of water; she overcomes it through YMCA adult swim lessons and exposure therapy, reconnecting with her family’s history and learning to swim as a tribute to ancestors and to broader Black histories of access to water and safety.
In Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum, lack of reliable water supply forces women to rely on private vendors, where harassment and coercion for water—often escalating to assault—are common; drought and price volatility intensify risk, and reporting remains low. Advocates with KEWASNET's Stop Sex for Water document widespread abuse and push for legal remedies, police training, and investments in water infrastructure, highlighting how water scarcity becomes a gender-based human-rights crisis that also affects marginalized groups like transgender residents.
During Delhi’s brutal heatwave, with daytime readings near 43C and nighttime around 32C, a homeless family under a flyover endures scarce water, meals, and shelter, while a nine‑month‑old baby remains at risk; repeated shelter demolitions and a roughly 75% shelter-capacity deficit leave them with little relief, and women bear the heaviest caregiving and sleep deprivation.
Fog nets on Mount Boutmezguida harvest Atlantic moisture to supply potable water to villages in the Aït Baâmrane region, ending hours of water-hauling for women, boosting girls’ schooling, and being highlighted by the UNFCCC as a climate-adaptation model.
Thousands of Chileans took to the streets in Santiago and 15 other cities on World Water Day to protest President José Antonio Kast’s withdrawal of dozens of environmental protections, including 43 decrees from the Boric era. Activists say 1.4 million Chileans still lack drinking water, while Kast defends deregulation and prioritizing economic goals. The protests underscored widespread opposition to the new administration’s approach to environmental policy.
Fans at the Club World Cup match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena reported dangerous conditions due to extreme heat, lack of water access, and overcrowding, leading to concerns about safety and a negative experience, with some questioning the stadium's management and safety measures.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Navajo Nation's request for clean, running water went beyond treaty obligations, disappointing the nation's president. The court emphasized that providing water infrastructure is not the government's role under the treaty. However, the court reaffirmed the continued vitality of the doctrine that Indian reservations have the right to use needed water from various sources. The Navajo Nation can pursue congressional action to address its infrastructure needs and modern water needs.
The US Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case contending the federal government is treaty-bound to ensure the nation has reliable access to water. The court ruled that it falls to Congress and the president to pass laws that ensure water access. A shortfall of infrastructure to pump water has been a persistent obstacle for the Navajo Nation.