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 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
Facebook live during World Water Week UN-Water 25 August, 2018 From 26 to 31 August, the 2018 edition of World Water Week will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. If you are not attending the event, you can also engage with us digitally and watch our Facebook live interviews. Sunday 26 August ‘The coor … Read more
World Water Week in Stockholm 2018 UN-Water 16 August, 2018 The 2018 edition of World Water Week takes place on 26 – 31 August in Stockholm, Sweden. During the week, UN-Water will convene various sessions and events. Sunday 26 August Water Action Decade Event Organizer: UN-Water / United Nations Dep … 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
