Unjust and unequal: new statistics on WASH access levels
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Photo: WaterAid/ Eliza Powell
In 2010, we celebrated the declaration of access to water and sanitation as a human right at the United Nations General Assembly.
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WASH Education: Key to Unlocking SDG6 in Nigeria
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Photos by Hope Spring Water
Every child with access to education spends an average of six hours a day in school. However, 50% of schools in Nigeria do not have access to improved water supplies. Hope Spring Water, through its WASH-2-School Initiative is empowering school children to take action to end the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) crisis in schools.
Les droits à l’eau et à l’assainissement en France: quelles réalités?
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Bidonville de Canéjan (Gironde), Aout 2018. Photographie de Félicie Gaudillat et Hippolyte Radisson, IJBA
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StandUp4Water and for Women’s rights: European Parliament to support joined implementation of SDG 5 and 6
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Photo: WaterAid / Sam Vox
The connection between women empowerment, gender equality and access to water and sanitation is now well established.
Don’t miss nature’s call, the future will be flushed out!
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Photo: Kiana Alavi/End Water Poverty
On World Toilet Day, nature called and left us a message; ‘leave no one behind’! According to the United Nations (UN), more people have mobile phones than toilets. This goes against the recognition of the human right to water and sanitation by the UN in 2010.
Prevention Instead of Reaction: Tackling Zambia's Cholera Crisis
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Photo: End Water Poverty / NGO WASH Forum / Kiana Alavi
A year has passed since the last cholera outbreak in Zambia, which lasted roughly seven months (October 2017 – May 2018) and resulted in approximately 5,900 cases and 114 deaths.
Webinar on improving accountability mechanisms for SDG 6 at the national level
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On 6 and 22 November, End Water Poverty and Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, with partners (Coalition Eau, Watershed Empowering Citizens, with the support of Sanitation and Water for All) will host a webinar series, entitled ‘how can we improve accountability mechanisms for SDG 6 at the national level?’. This webinar will be delivered in three languages (English, French and Spanish). The times of the webinars are as follows:
A Reflection on Stockholm World Water Week 2018
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Photo: Thomas Henriksson/SIWI
In August 2018, End Water Poverty along with its partners attended World Water Week in Stockholm. End Water Poverty attended this global event to present the recently launched report on National Accountability Mechanisms for SDG 6. The report, its results and importance were discussed during a sofa session interview. To get a sense of how this global event went, we spoke to our International Coordinator, Al-hassan Adam.
Happy anniversary SDGs! But should we be celebrating?
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Photo: WaterAid/ Eliza Powell
Anniversaries tend to be moments of remembrance and/or celebration. And on the third anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it seems like we should all take a moment to remember the commitments made, as opposed to purely celebrating them.
Strengthening advocacy actions of South Asian CSOs to reach the SDGs
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On 13–16 of August, the Freshwater Action Network for South-East Asia (FANSA) organised a workshop in Sri Lanka to explore how civil society in the region could continue acting together to push for progress and accountability towards the achievement of Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). More than 40 participants were invited from eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).