International Labour Organization (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
World Toilet Day 2018: When nature calls UN-Water 7 September, 2018 The world is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: to ensure availability and sustainable management of sanitation and water for all by 2030. Today, 4.5 billion people live without safely managed sanitation and … Read more
Survey on the UN-Water SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation UN-Water 30 July, 2018 The UN-Water SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation aims to provide Member States with the global status on SDG 6. To enhance the discussion and add to the messages of the report a public … Read more
UN reports that world is off track on water and sanitation goal UN-Water 5 July, 2018 The world is not on track to reach Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on Water and Sanitation by the deadline set for 2030, says a new UN report. Today, billions of people lack safe water, sanitation and handwa … Read more
Video: the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation UN-Water 1 July, 2018 We live in an era of technological miracles. We are on track to create reusable space rockets, driverless cars, robot workers and artificial intelligence…. So, how is it possible that we are off track to ensure that … Read more
Public dialogue on the SDG 6 Synthesis Report UN-Water 18 June, 2018 To provide Member States with the global status on the progress on SDG 6, UN-Water has produced the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. Every year at the HLPF, an annual theme helps an increased focus along with an … Read more
