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
Strengthening the Enabling Environment, WASH Bottleneck Analysis
World Toilet Day 2019: ‘Leaving no one behind’ UN-Water 17 October, 2019 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 spreadin … Read more
UNICEF report series dedicated to the humanitarian–development–peace nexus UN-Water 3 October, 2019 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 campa … Read more
Launch of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 Data Portal UN-Water 27 August, 2019 During the World Water Week in Stockholm the UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal was launched in the session ‘Looking forward to Phase 2 of SDG 6 monitoring’ hosted earlier today. The SDG 6 Data Portal is one of the flagship … Read more
World Water Week in Stockholm 2019 UN-Water 8 August, 2019 The 2019 edition of World Water Week takes place on 25-30 August in Stockholm, Sweden. During the week, UN-Water will convene various activities, sessions and events. UN-Water events and sessions Leaving No One Behind, the UN World Water Dev … Read more
WHO and UNICEF launch updated estimates for water, sanitation and hygiene UN-Water 20 June, 2019 Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 billion go without safe sanitation services and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities, according to … Read more
