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To Save Water, Women in Jordan Learn to Plumb

Can women tackle the country's water shortage by learning a new trade?

Aired 04/24/2019

NOVA

To Save Water, Women in Jordan Learn to Plumb

Clip: Season 46 Episode 7 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Can women tackle the country's water shortage by learning a new trade?

Many Muslim women are not permitted to be home alone with a male who is not a family member, making it tough to schedule home repairs. Now, in Jordan, billions of gallons of already-scarce water is being lost to leaky pipes. In an effort to take matters into their own hands, many Muslim Jordanian women are learning to do their own plumbing.

Aired 04/24/2019

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