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Women from Kordorwukope and Gbegbevia had to travel about 2 km to access safe water, until 2018 when International Needs Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation, extended piped water to each of the two communities. Since the extension of water to the communities, no study had been carried out to ascertain the effects of access to safe water on the well-being of women living in those communities. This study therefore aimed at exploring the effects of physical access to safe water on the well-being of women living in the Gbegbevia and Kordorwukope Communities. A qualitative research design was used. The study population included seven women who had lived in the study communities for at least 2 years before the water project was implemented. Five key themes were apparent in the data: challenges women encountered before gaining access to safe water; physical well-being; mental well-being; social well-being; and career and financial well-being. The results of this study show that the extension of piped water to the study communities brought about significant improvement in physical, mental, social, career, and financial well-being of women in the study communities.

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来自 Kordorwukope 和 Gbegbevia 的妇女必须步行约 2 公里才能获得安全用水，直到 2018 年，非政府组织 International Needs Ghana 向这两个社区分别提供了自来水。自向社区供水以来，尚未开展任何研究来确定获得安全用水对生活在这些社区的妇女的福祉的影响。因此，本研究旨在探讨实际获得安全用水对居住在 Gbegbevia 和 Kordorwukope 社区的妇女福祉的影响。使用了定性研究设计。研究人群包括 7 名女性，她们在水项目实施之前在研究社区居住了至少 2 年。数据中明显存在五个关键主题：妇女在获得安全用水之前遇到的挑战；身体健康；心理健康；社会福祉；以及职业和财务状况。这项研究的结果表明，向研究社区推广自来水给研究社区女性的身体、心理、社会、职业和财务福祉带来了显着改善。