World Toilet Day 2025: Sanitation in a Changing World
The theme of World Toilet Day 2025, on 19 November, is ‘Sanitation in a changing world’, and will focus on the urgent need to invest in ‘future-ready’ systems and services. Today, billions of people still live without a safe toilet — with the poorest, especially women and girls, worst affected. As time goes by, the pressure on sanitation is only increasing. Across the world, ageing infrastructure is failing. Investment hasn’t kept pace with demand. And climate change is...
New WHO Academy course on Safely Managed On-site Sanitation (SMOSS)
The course features six self-paced modules with practical tools, country examples, and guidance on using data to inform policies...
WHO and UNICEF to launch new guidelines on hand hygiene in community settings
The new global guidance extends beyond clinical facilities, setting out practical measures for homes, schools, workplaces, markets, transport, public...
42nd UN-Water Meeting
The UN-Water Chair and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President Alvaro Lario oversaw proceedings alongside UN Assistant Secretary-General...
Sustainable Development Goal 6
Billions of people are still living without safely managed water and sanitation. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Achieving SDG 6 is integral to the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to end extreme poverty and protect the planet.
Communications should be a two-way exchange. ‘Questions people ask’ is a new feature where we answer some of the questions we get asked about important issues, such as, climate change, water scarcity, toilet equity and wastewater. Through responding to queries from our audiences, we aim to explain key issues in a clear and engaging way that fosters ongoing conversations.
The UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal brings all the United Nations’ water and sanitation information into one place. Designed for decision-makers, advisors, technical professionals, researchers and students, there are tools to help visualize and analyse the information, creating a clear picture of how the world is progressing towards the various SDG 6 targets.
Monitoring progress towards SDG 6 helps policy- and decision makers identify challenges and opportunities, set priorities, communicate progress, and generate support and investment. SDG 6 Progress Reports are primarily based on national official data sources, compiled and validated by United Nations custodian agencies.
The first-ever UN System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation unites UN support to countries to accelerate progress on water-related goals and targets, including SDG 6. Action on water and sanitation is key to solving many global challenges. The strategy’s vision is a world with accessible, available and sustainably managed water and sanitation for all people and the planet.
