International Labour Office
The ILO promotes the inclusive governance of water supply and sanitation at the community level, with a focus on indigenous communities and women, through employment-intensive investment projects and capacity building for community water supply projects.
Much of this work is done in alliance with other UN agencies. In addition, we promote social dialogue in the water sector, in order to provide voice to water workers in the management of water supply. This work has impacted countries as diverse as Angola, Ecuador, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Malawi, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Zambia.
At the political level, the ILO promotes the integration of actions to promote SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG 6, through events such as World Water Day/World Toilet Day 2016 and several practical publications which highlight subjects such as open defecation, water fetching and access to WASH in the workplace.
Women for Water at CSW61
WfWP conducted multiple sessions/ side and parallel events over the years during the commission on the status of women meetings annually to connect water, women, gender and vocational training together with IUCN, ILO, countries like Hungary, Netherlands and Brazil.
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Public dialogue on the SDG 6 Synthesis Report UN-Water To provide Member States with the global status on the progress on SDG 6, UN-Water has produced the SDG 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. Every year at the HLPF, an annual theme helps an increased focus along with an in-depth revi … Read more
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