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| Title: | Women, water, and sanitation: household water use in two Egyptian villages |
| Editor: | El-Katsha, Samiha |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cairo papers in social science |
| City of publisher: | Cairo |
| Publisher: | American University in Cairo Press |
| ISBN: | 9774242165 |
| Geographic term: | Egypt |
| Subjects: | women sanitation water supply |
| Abstract: | This book presents the results of a study that relates three components of human survival: women, water and sanitation. The objectives of the research were 1. to determine the patterns of women's behaviour related to the handling and utilization of water, and associated materials for household purposes and the disposal of sullage; 2. to identify some linkages between behavioural patterns and the transmission of water-borne and water-washed diseases; 3. to understand the cultural and household economy contexts within which the behavioural patterns find their rationale; 4. to determine the present environmental sanitary conditions at both household and village levels; and 5. to investigate the extent to which women understand the mechanisms of disease transmission. The research was conducted in two villages in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt, between October 1984 and December 1985. The study first gives an overview of the role of women with regard to water. Next follows an examination of the water sources in the villages and how they are used, the water and sanitation practices of the women, and their practices with regard to food preparation and health care for their infants and children. Conclusions and recommendations complete the study. |