End Water Poverty
Campaigning for governments to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights to safe water and sanitation.
About us
End Water Poverty specialises in supporting civil society to advance accountability, social justice and human rights:
- We amplify the voices and demands of civil society and communities.
- We connect human rights advocates working in different parts of the world.
- We facilitate the exchange of experience and expertise to sharpen strategies and strengthen solidarity.
- We mobilise members to advocate locally, nationally, regionally and globally for the rights to water, sanitation and a healthy environment to be legally recognised and practically implemented.
- We affirm that water and sanitation are public services.
- We provide mini-grants to members to support diverse context-specific action through the Claim Your Water Rights campaign.
Our members
End Water Poverty is a global civil society coalition campaigning for governments to respect, protect and fulfil people’s human rights to safe water and sanitation. We are comprised of over 150 organisations in 90 countries across Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Though our membership primarily consists of community-based organisations and grassroots civil society, we also welcome trade unions, national/regional networks and international non-government organisations (INGOs).
End Water Poverty is coordinated by a two-person Secretariat that is managed by an elected Steering Committee representing the coalition’s different constituencies.
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Latest news
Mexico water rights defenders expose state violence in fight against privatisation
Redes del Agua recently held an international press conference to highlight state violence against water rights defenders in...
August 2022 newsletter
2022 General Assembly End Water Poverty will hold its general assembly on Tuesday 27 September at 12-3pm UTC. The programme will...
July 2022 Newsletter
Claim Your Water Rights grantees End Water Poverty dedicates 70% of its operational budget to members. Following our open call...
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LIRE: @BEffectCoal's l'appel à l'action pour la UN conférence sur l'eau Les appels comprennent: 💧Etablir un envoyé spécial de l'ONU pour l'eau 💧Promouvoir les obligations internationales comme la protection de WASH infrastructure pendant les conflits ➡️ https://t.co/Sm71D7OVVa Read more
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And if you want to hear more about MIHR's support to the female waste pickers movement - from holding trainings to documenting violations, from facilitating meetings with authorities & @zhrc365 to backing boycots & demos - please follow @MatHumanRights. ➡️ https://t.co/FvIvALtztF Read more
Thank you @MatHumanRights for amplifying the voices of informal waste pickers in Bulawayo. If your organisation knows or works with marginalised communities who should be heard at #UN2023WaterConference, here's how you can join the #HearingTheUnheardHRWS campaign⬇️ https://t.co/U5GHZi8RXR Read more
🇿🇼Bulawayo City Council rejected requests to provide water to Ngozi mine, saying that residents are living there 'illegally'. But as Nkiwane says, residents cannot leave because waste recycling is their livelihood. #HearingTheUnheardHRWS 📺credit: @MatHumanRights https://t.co/14rEKoJv8l Read more
🇿🇼@MatHumanRights also interviewed Josephine Nkiwane, who has lived in Ngozi mine for 20 years. #HearingTheUnheardHRWS https://t.co/31B16x82Mk Read more
🇿🇼Ndlovu describes how the criminalisation of informal settlement residents perpetuates water rights violations in Ngozi #HearingTheUnheardHRWS 📺credit: @MatHumanRights https://t.co/lVZq3H0zsB Read more