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
Equitable access to water and sanitation is still a challenge for Europe UN-Water 27 January, 2020 According to the latest information from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP), equitable access to water and sanitation is still a challenge for Euro … Read more
World Water Day 2020 – Water and Climate Change UN-Water 16 January, 2020 World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Water and Climate Change’, explores how water and climate change are inextricably linked. As the global popul … Read more
WHO and UNICEF launch information package to address WASH problems in schools UN-Water 23 December, 2019 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. … Read more
Side-event on ‘Climate-resilient water management approaches’ at COP25 UN-Water 19 December, 2019 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 … Read more
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
