International Labour Office (ILO)
The ILO promotes the inclusive governance of water supply and sanitation at the community level, with a focus on indigenous communities and women, through employment-intensive investment projects and capacity building for community water supply projects.
Much of this work is done in alliance with other UN agencies. In addition, we promote social dialogue in the water sector, in order to provide voice to water workers in the management of water supply. This work has impacted countries as diverse as Angola, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Zambia.
At the political level, the ILO promotes the integration of actions to promote SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG 6, through events such as World Water Day/World Toilet Day 2016 and several practical publications which highlight subjects such as open defecation, water fetching and access to WASH in the workplace.
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Creating Decent Work Opportunities for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities Through Infrastructure Improvement in Lebanon
Side-event on ‘Climate-resilient water management approaches’ at COP25 UN-Water On 10 December 2019, the UN-Water Expert Group on Water and Climate, organised the side event “Climate-resilient Water Management Approaches” at the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP2 … Read more
Water for improved rural livelihoods UN-Water Water plays an important role in ensuring equitable, sustainable and productive rural economies. In addition to being an essential element for agricultural production, nutrition and human health, water enables job opportunities in numerous key sectors ac … Read more
New report on the plight of sanitation workers in the developing world UN-Water Millions of sanitation workers in the developing world are forced to work in conditions that endanger their health and lives, and violate their dignity and human rights, according to a report released today. The report ‘ … Read more
Sanitation work: light at the end of the tunnel? UN-Water In 2019, the theme of World Toilet Day is “Leaving no one behind” and focuses on marginalized groups. On the occasion of the day, the exhibition Sanitation work: light at the end of the tunnel? has been produced to draw attention to the pligh … Read more
World Toilet Day 2019: ‘Leaving no one behind’ UN-Water Today, 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation, 673 million still practise open defecation and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities.[1] This sanitation crisis means untreated human waste is spreading diseases into w … Read more
