Today, on World Water Day, we remember that for millions of women and girls, time isn’t truly theirs.
Every day, they spend more than 200 million hours collecting water.
Hours that could be school.
Hours that could be the future.
Hours that could be freedom.
Yet, for many of us, water is a simple, everyday, almost invisible gesture.
We turn on a tap and don’t think about it.
Precisely for this reason, these realities too often remain far from our attention.
In Italy, in 2011, 15 years ago, a large majority spoke out against the privatization of water management, affirming a fundamental principle: water is a common good.
Even the most contemporary challenges bring us back here.
Artificial intelligence consumes huge quantities of water, but it can also become a tool to reduce waste, optimize resources, and protect what we have.
This is why water is a cross-cutting issue.
Like gender, it cuts across rights, technologies, political choices, and the future.
It is opportunity, it is dignity.
Where water flows, equality grows.
