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The fourth reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2025 series of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network is jointly written by  Dinesh Suna and Prof. Susan  Smith. They reflect on the pressing issues surrounding water in the context of climate change,  especially the disastrous  recent wildfires in California. Ironically, in 2020 California had  introduced the water in the “futures market” as a tradable commodity like oil and gold.  They underscore, the importance of prioritizing water as a common good, and the ethical challenges surrounding water privatization.

La segunda reflexión de la serie Siete Semanas para el Agua 2025 de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del CMI fue escrita por la difunta Dra. Agnes Abuom, exmoderadora del Comité Central del CMI. La Dra. Abuom fue la primera mujer y la primera africana en desempeñar este importante cargo. También fue directora ejecutiva de Research and Development Consultants - TAABCO, con sede en Nairobi (Kenia). En su reflexión, como mujer africana en torno al Día Internacional de la Mujer, analiza la relación entre la pobreza, la escasez de agua y sus repercusiones para las mujeres. En 2017, Kenia sufrió una grave sequía que empeoró la situación de las mujeres como principales responsables de buscar agua para sus familias.

The second reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2025 series of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network was written by the late Dr Agnes Abuom, former moderator of the WCC central committee. Dr Abuom was the first woman and first African to hold this important position. She was also the executive director of TAABCO Research and Development Consultants, Nairobi, Kenya. In her reflection, being an African woman around the  International Women’s Day, she explores the linkages between poverty and water scarcity and their impact on women. In 2017, Kenya was reeling under a serious drought which was deteriorating the situation for women as they were mostly responsible for fetching water for their families.