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
Gender mainstreaming efforts in the WASH-sector UN-Water 8 February, 2018 UN Women convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Gender Equality and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, on 14–15 December 2017, to strengthen gender mainstreaming efforts in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. The meeting … Read more
Survey for SDG 6 data portal UN-Water 31 October, 2017 To ensure sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, it is essential to look at the water cycle in its entirety, including all uses and users. This is exactly what Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 seeks to do, covering all the m … Read more
Restoring water treatment plant in Bentiu UN-Water 30 October, 2017 (Story from UNICEF): The supply of clean drinking water in South Sudan has been severely disrupted by the conflict, as water points have been damaged or fallen into disrepair. Unsafe water puts people, especially children, at increa … Read more
Children as agents of change UN-Water 26 October, 2017 Nearly one in ten children in Lesotho dies before reaching her fifth birthday. Too many of these deaths are related to unsafe water and inadequate sanitation and hygiene, which can increase a child’s vulnerability to disease and infection. In ad … Read more
Global workshop on monitoring SDG 6 UN-Water 9 October, 2017 The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 is organizing a global workshop in November in The Hague, the Netherlands, gathering country representatives from across the world as well UN-Water Members and Partners. The purpose o … Read more
