Women and the Transport of Water

List of Acronyms i-v Preface v I WOMEN AND THE TRANSPORT OF WATER A Background 1 B Why Improve Water Supplies? 3 C Transport and Development 5 D The Division of Labour 6 E The Consequences of Having to Carry Water 9 1 Health effects 9 2 Economic effects 10 3 Social effects 12 F Alternative Technologies 13 1 Carrying aids 14 2 Wheelbarrows and handcarts 17 3 Animal transport 18 4 Others 19 5 Introducing new technologies 21 II KENYA: THE PROBLEMS AND SOME SOLUTIONS A Water Supply in Kenya 23 B The Workload 25 C Carrying Methods 28 D Case Studies in Kenya 32 1 Kamajene Farmers' Centre 32 2 Action Aid - Kibwezi Region 34 3 Utooni Development Project 36 4 Discussion 39 E Donkeys in Development 42 III CONCLUSIONS A General Conclusions 44 B Conclusions on Kenya 44