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
Commemoration of World Water Day and launch of UN World Water Development Report UN-Water 18 March, 2019 Commemorating World Water Day, a pivot event will be hosted on 19 March 2019 at the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During the event, the United Nations World Wat … Read more
Water and sanitation for health facility improvement tool UN-Water 7 March, 2019 A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities. UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) have collaborated to produce the WASH FIT tool in Arabic, Engli … Read more
Launch of the SDG 6 Public Dialogue Report UN-Water 31 January, 2019 In June 2018, UN-Water released the first SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. The Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation reviews the global progress made towards achieving Sust … Read more
World Water Day 2019 – Leaving no one behind UN-Water 17 January, 2019 World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapts the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that as … Read more
New guide on female-friendly toilets UN-Water 17 December, 2018 A ‘Female-friendly guide’ for public and community toilets written by WaterAid, UNICEF and WSUP was published in October 2018. The guide is designed primarily for use by local authorities in towns and cities who are in charge of public … Read more
