In some latitudes of our planet, the title of this report is part of popular imagery. Women –fairies– who bring about life with water and who extract prosperity from the water. In the driest part of Africa, millions of fairies travel the territory each day for three, four, five or more hours, loaded down with containers that weigh 30 kilos of life, 30 litres of water. The smallest fairies, just 5 or 6 years old, can only carry 10 kilos of life –of water– and don’t have time to go to school. Unlike the legend, most African women do not have access to pure, crystalline water, but rather water that is muddy and contaminated. “Women of Water” explores the water problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it also aims to document the steady fight of the women of Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mauritania –the main figures in this report– to obtain safe and accessible water which will open the floodgates for them to education, health and economic development. .