How a lack of clean water impacts women's lives, highlighted by Ethiopian artist

Ethiopian artist/photographer Aida Muluneh has created a series of works about the lack of access to clean water. The project emerged from a dialogue about the role of art in advocacy, the issues of water and sanitation in Africa. Photo: WaterAid

A collection of striking photographs set in the arid landscapes of northern Ethiopia aims to spotlight the harsh reality of water scarcity and how it impacts the lives of women across Africa, said artist Aida Muluneh.

Muluneh's Water Life series - depicting turbaned, painted women in robes of primary colours of blue, yellow and red, posing in the desert - went on show in London recently, commissioned by the charity WaterAid.