United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
To address the challenges related to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), UNICEF works with partners to strengthen national systems, with particular attention to gender considerations; UNICEF also support initiatives for WASH in schools and health centres, taking into account the specific needs of women, girls and children living with disabilities.
Integrating the core principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme UNICEF as per new UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2018–2021 for children, UNICEF WASH support focusses on action within SDG Goal 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” which include delivering safe water to unreached populations, improved girl-friendly sanitation and handwashing facilities, and the delivery of services in homes, schools and health centres in times of stability and conflict alike
Global and or Regional Network Meetings
World Water Day 2020 – Water and Climate Change UN-Water World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Nature and Climate Change’, explores how water and climate change are inextricably linked. As the global population grows, so … Read more
WHO and UNICEF launch information package to address WASH problems in schools UN-Water WHO and UNICEF have recently launched an information package titled Improving health and learning through better water, sanitation and hygiene in schools: An information package for school staff. The package offer … Read more
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
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
UNICEF report series dedicated to the humanitarian–development–peace nexus UN-Water A new UNICEF report, Water Under Fire, describes the impact of unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene on children living in the midst of protracted conflicts. The report is the first volume in the campaign’s three-repo … Read more
