International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March, highlighting the achievements of women worldwide while also calling for greater gender equality. One critical area where gender disparities are still prevalent is in t...
The Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK) is a flagship event organised annually by the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) through the Water Resources Institute (WRI). The 6th edition of the event – UWEWK23 – will tak...
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 Time: 11:00-12:15 EST (Eastern Standard Time) Location: UN Headquarters, Side Event Room B Registration: Event open only to UN Water Conference registered delegates Background The 2022 Su...
The International Water Association is pleased to announce that the next edition of the Water and Development Congress & Exhibition will take place on 10-14 December 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda and that details of the call for subm...
For the first time, the Faecal Sludge Management Alliance (FSMA) will partner with the African Water Association (AfWA) to co-host the 21st AfWA Congress & Exhibition and the 7th International Faecal Sludge Management Conferen...
I believe that without doubt we can all agree that 2022 has been an extremely positive year for groundwater for many reasons. This year, UN Water launched a dedicated campaign to raise awareness of groundwater, which is a vital re...
The International Water Association (IWA) is marking UN World Toilet Day, held annually on 19 November to raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation worldwide. The Association is ...
On World Toilet Day, the international community will assess its progress on providing sanitation to all. Unfortunately, while we’ve made significant advancements, we are not on track to provide universal access to safely-manage...
For most of world’s one billion low-income urban dwellers, water is undrinkable. Even when accessible municipal water is relatively safe, faecal bacteria contaminate the water as it is dispensed at shared water points and subseq...
I have travelled across multiple continents looking at (and using) toilets for my work with the SaniPath team. Our team uses public health principles to understand how poor sanitation may result in increased risks of exposure to...
