See FIN Webinar Since 2015, around 500 million low-cost toilets have been diffused around the world, but still about 2 billion people are responding to the call of nature in the open daily mainly due to lack of access to a functioning toilet, but sometimes simply by choice. This…
World Water Day 2021: Water Source Security & Desalination
Water Source Security: Is desalination the way to go? A Multi-stakeholder Experience-Sharing Forum on desalination featuring academics, firms, public agencies and regulators Event Videos Full Conference Brochure Access to water is fundamental to human security. According to the United Nations, the human right to water can be defined as the…
International Women’s Day Event: Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Digitalisation and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Digitalisation for SDG 5.2 (End Violence): Exploring the Implications, Opportunities and Threats Register for this event now You can find the event brochure with details on the speakers’ profiles and the event programme here. Even today, statistics indicate that one in three…
Making the World Open Defecation Free: A real Possibility or Dream?
The Sustainable Development Goals Report (2020) highlights that about 2 billion people still do not have access to a functioning toilet and about 4.2 billion people are using toilets that could contaminate water sources. Thus, not only are we are far from being an open-defecation free world, but the state…
The sanitation challenge: Isn’t it time to break down the silo?
The Sustainable Development Goals Report (2020) notes that we are far from being an open-defecation free world. Since 2015, around 500 million low cost toilets have been diffused, but still about 2 billion people do not have access to a functioning toilet and about 4.2 billion people are using toilets…
Making the world open defecation free- possibility or dream?
On the Role of Technology and Innovation and Governance to Eliminate Open Defecation A UNU-MERIT Web-Based Event in collaboration with Friend In Need India Sanitation feeds into nearly all the other Sustainable Development Goals through improving heath, reducing child mortality and school absenteeism and promoting gender empowerment. Ensuring access to…