World Water Day 2026 and Women and an answer

Why do we mark International Days?

International days and weeks are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool.

The global water crisis affects everyone – but not equally.

Where people lack safe drinking water and sanitation close to home, inequalities flourish, with women and girls bearing the brunt.

They collect water.

They manage water.

They care for people made sick by unsafe water.

They lose time, health, safety, and opportunities.

And too often, the systems that govern water leave women and girls out of decision-making, leadership, funding and representation.

This makes the water crisis a women’s crisis.

We need a transformative, rights-based approach to solving these challenges, where women’s voices are heard and their agency recognized.

All women must be equitably represented at all levels of water leadership – helping design every pipe and policy.

And women must drive change in water as engineers, farmers, scientists, sanitation workers and community leaders.

This includes engaging men and boys as allies in promoting safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all, and in challenging the norms and behaviours that hold women and girls back.

Only then can safe water services meet everyone’s needs – empowering women and girls to lead healthier, more fulfilled lives – and making water a force for sustainable development and gender equality that benefits us all.

• Globally, more than 1 billion women – more than a quarter of all women (27.1%) – lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (UN Women/UNDESA, 2023)

• 1.8 billion people still do not have drinking water on-premises, and in two out of three households, women are primarily responsible for water collection. (WHO/UNICEF, 2023)

• In 53 countries with available data, women and girls spend 250 million hours per day on water collection – over three times more than men and boys. (UN Women/UNDESA, 2024)

• Globally, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene are responsible for the deaths of around 1,000 children under five every day. (WHO, 2023)

• About 14% of countries still have no mechanisms to ensure women can participate equally in water-related decision-making and water management. (UNEP-DHI, GWP, UN Women, 2025)

THERE IS AN ANSWER: JESUS CHRIST LOVES WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY!!!

HE TAUGHT ABOUT WATER, AND IT IS FREE! COME AND SEE.

Bev Psalm 19: Ode to Dust and Water

 

O generations of Jacob, Hear ye the voice that

Whispers from the dust.

It is familiar.

You are not alone.

It is not a dream.

He lives, who once was dead.

God created mankind from the dust,

elements of the earth.

These are the fine particles of solid matter

Brought together from all parts of the universe.

The Creator organized it into a world

for us to dwell upon.

Omniscient, He uses protons, neutrons and

electrons to build the foundations of life;

even our DNA’s double helix.

Then there’s the spark, the breath of God,

which animates our human form.

When He came to earth to gain His body and

to understand mortality, He taught about

Dust and Water.

The Lord and Master washed His disciples’ feet,

who walked ancient paths, so caked with

dust and sweat, the dust of daily battle.

Today, as mortal men and women, we are

washed by the sweat of His sacrifice and the

tears He shed for us.

And when we die, we return to dust, but because

Christ rose again and claimed His body,

we, too, will rise again.

Now we can be Saviors on Mount Zion,

to wash the dead by vicarious baptism.

Sing, Hosannah on Easter morn,

Celebrate new life, a resurrection from the dust,

Dust He washed with living water, from His disciples’ feet.