Water, women and climate change : a review on Dhaka Metropolitan City, Bangladesh

![CDATA[Climate change is affecting the water cycle in many different ways such as by increasing flood risk, and duration and severity of droughts. Bangladesh is one of the worst affected countries by climate change. In Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh has- numerous water problems such as frequent flooding, water logging, intermittent and contaminated water supply, declining groundwater level, contaminated surface water in the nearby rivers, poor drainage network and polluted stormwater runoff In this city, about six million people live in slums where there is no piped water supply. Women generally fetch water for these six million people. In this paper we review how these women are affected by water related problems and how climate change is likely to affect them in future in relation to household water management. The existing literature has tended to focus on the challenges faced by women due to climate change in rural areas. Adequate research on the everyday life experience specific to water use and management in urban context is needed to address the research gap. Hence, it is recommended to conduct further research on how women in Dhaka city, in particular those who live in slum areas, will be affected by climate change induced water problems.]]