The International Water Association is pleased to announce that the next edition of the IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 8-12 December 2025. The Congress will be hosted...
World Toilet Day 2024 is themed ‘Sanitation for Peace’ and the associated global campaign is ‘Toilets: a Place for Peace’, emphasising that toilets should be safe spaces accessible to everyone. This message aligns with the...
Each World Toilet Day, the World reflects on the significance of safe sanitation—an essential service that often goes overlooked in the global development discourse. This year’s theme, ‘Toilets: A Place for Peace’, undersc...
We live in a world where sanitation service and technology inequity is too prevalent – a world where some 3.5 billion inhabitants (2022) still do not have access to safe sanitation. On top of this come the effects of rapid urban...
Historically, Brazil's water and sanitation infrastructure has consistently received the least investment compared to other sectors. As a result, progress has lagged behind and the country is still far from achieving full access f...
As cities in low- and middle-income countries expand rapidly, sanitation infrastructure struggles to keep pace, with nearly 700 million people still lacking even basic sanitation access
As we mark World Water Day 2024, the International Water Association (IWA) provides global leadership on water stewardship. In a special message from our CEO, Kala Vairavamoorthy, we underscore the importance of water cooperation ...
Last week saw the International Water Association reach a new landmark in the shape of its most successful Water Development Congress & Exhibition to date. Held on 10-14 December 2023 at Rwanda’s iconic Kigali Convention...
The International Water Association (IWA) is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Inclusive Urban Sanitation Champions programme, revealed in Kigali during the closing ceremony of the Water and Development Congress &...
The Inclusive Urban Sanitation Initiative aims to produce a series of publications – books, position papers, and discussion papers. The discussion papers present analyses and findings from research and/or reports of projects, an...
