ABC - Can celebrities influence environmental issues? Experts weigh in.
April 22, 2024
ABC's Julia Jacobo spoke with Co-founder Matt Damon about the scale of the water crisis and its intrinsic relationship with climate change.
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Authority Magazine - Women Of The C-Suite: Vedika Bhandarkar of Water.org On The Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Senior Executive
March 18, 2024
In an interview with Authority Magazine, Water.org President & COO Vedika Bhandarkar shares insights into her professional journey from investment banking to the social sector and why she is so passionate about the transformative power of water.
Read moreImpakter - Water Is the Way: Empowering Women Through Access to Safe Water
March 8, 2024
International Women's Day is a global celebration that recognizes women's social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. Yet, for millions of women, the lack of access to safe water is a barrier to their success. In a piece originally published on Impakter, Water.org President and COO, Vedika Bhandarkar sheds light on the gendered impact of the global water crisis.
Read moreHealth flows from safe water
Oct. 5, 2023
The health of people around the world starts with access to safe water and sanitation. Read a piece originally published on Impakter from Water.org Insights Lead, Southeast Asia, Kiki Tazkiyah, about four ways we can see safe water improve health holistically and protect and save lives.
Read moreEuroNews - Clean water shortages steal women’s time. Here’s what happens when they get it back.
March 8, 2023
Water.org's Senior Knowledge Analyst, Zehra Shabbir, contributes to a conversation about why the water crisis is a woman's crisis.
Read moreFortune - Invest in women to solve the water and sanitation crisis
April 27, 2021
"Women are leading in solving the global water and sanitation crisis; they only need the resources to get there." Water.org co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon share their insight on how women are a force for change that can’t be ignored.
Read moreImpakter - How Access to Affordable Financing Is Solving the Global Water Crisis for Families Around the World
March 22, 2021
"Through my work as a content creator and writer for Water.org, I have the honor of spending time with the people we serve in Africa, Asia, and Latin America." Water.org's Moree Lambeth shares how access to safe water is critical to empowering women around the world.
Read moreIRC - How women gain power by investing in water
March 8, 2021
Research from Water.org shows how financing for water and sanitation supports safety and security for women and is a force for women's empowerment.
Read moreEmpowering women with safe water to change their worlds
March 3, 2021
When women and girls have access to safe water at home, they can experience the social, economic, cultural, and political opportunities International Women’s Day seeks to advance.
Read moreJack Dorsey’s #StartSmall donates $4.7M to Water.org
Feb. 25, 2021
Jack Dorsey, Twitter and Square CEO, donated $4,720,000 to Water.org to change lives with safe water and sanitation as part of his #StartSmall initiative to fund COVID-19 relief.
Read moreCNN-News18 - The Need For Access To Safe Water & Sanitation
Jan. 26, 2021
Vedika Bhandarkar, Chief Global Impact Officer, speaks on the need for access to safe water and sanitation and shares a story of a woman empowered with safe water in India.
Watch hereWomen 2.0 - Women and the water crisis: why tackling two challenges will be a force multiplier for change
Jan. 21, 2021
The world faces two grave challenges: the global water and sanitation crisis, and gender inequality – These global crises are inextricably linked, but fortunately, so are their solutions.
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