Yemen: Women at the Center of Water, Agriculture, and Family income

May 10, 2022 | World Bank Group
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In the Yemeni village of Quhal, in Amran governorate in northern Yemen, the main source of water used to be the old rainwater ponds that filled during the summer. This water fed crops and animals and was used to clean homes and wash clothes, and provided drinking water. But it did not cover all the village’s needs and people had to resort to buying water from delivery trucks. In rural Yemen the task of fetching water falls largely on women and girls. It can involve covering long distances to collect water that’s often dirty and carrying small quantities that can’t meet farming needs.