Water-security in Ethiopia and the Emotional Response of Pastoralists, 2018

The Joint Monitoring Project of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF have been monitoring access to improved water supplies since the start of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) period, producing country-level data. Whilst providing an essential overview on progress towards the MDGs and now the Sustainable Development Goals, it has been recognised that they are focusing only on domestic water uses and somewhat oversimplified and have been extended to a "water ladder". A related and more realistic "multiple-use ladder" has also been developed for MUS supplies. This research takes that approach a step further by studying how emotional wellbeing relates to water access and holistic water security as experienced by people, especially pastoralists. Survey collected data on socio-demographics, water, sanitation and hygiene access as well as emotional response to water security issues.