Deprivation of adequate nutrition therefore cements advantage or disadvantage among children, creating intergenerational cycles of poverty. Moreover, as women often bear the brunt of a household's domestic work, time-consuming water collection restricts them from engaging in income-generating work or educational activities. Water collection responsibilities also place women at higher risk of suffering health injuries and sexual violence. Sodal Development Policy Papers, #2018-04 (Bangkok, 2018 forthcoming).