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WATER FOR ALL
What is World Water Day?Sustainable Development Goal 6 is crystal clear: water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. But today, billions of people are still living without safe water – their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories struggling to survive and thrive.Marginalized groups – women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, disabled people and many others – are often overlooked, and sometimes face discrimination, as they try to access and manage the safe water they need.This World Water Day, 22nd March, is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are being left behin
The 2019 edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR 2019) entitled ‘Leaving No One Behind’ seeks to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, how improvements in water resources management and access to water supply and sanitation services are essential to overcoming poverty and addressing various other social and economic inequities.
https://en.unesco.org/water-security/wwap/wwdr/2019
WATER FOR ALL
Reflecting the Sustainable Development Goal 6 : water for all by 2030, 2019 World Water Day's message is "Water for all - Leaving no one behind"
Today, billions of people are still living without safe water – their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories struggling to survive and thrive. Marginalized groups – women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, disabled people and many others – are often overlooked, and even face discrimination, as they try to access and manage the safe water they need.
This World Water Day, 22nd March, is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are being left behind.
More to learn & share at https://www.worldwaterday.org/
In the occassion of the WWD, the World Water Development Report 2019 is also entitled ‘Leaving No One Behind’ seeking to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside the water community, how improvements in water resources management and access to water supply and sanitation services are essential to overcoming poverty and addressing various other social and economic inequities.
The Report with all latest water data is accessible at https://en.unesco.org/water-security/wwap/wwdr/2019
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