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World Bank report on women in water utilities

Less than one in five water workers are women, according to new research by the World Bank’s Water Global Practice.

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Women are also underrepresented in technical and managerial positions where, in sampled utilities, on average only 23 percent of licensed engineers are women. The figure is the same for female managers. Some utilities have no women in technical and managerial positions at all - one in three (32 percent) utilities in the sample have no female engineers and 12 percent of utilities have no female managers.

Access the World Bank report Women in Water Utilities: Breaking Barriers.

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