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.
Tools and resources on World Water Day web UN-Water World Water Day (22 March) is an opportunity to celebrate, show support and get inspired to take action on a big development challenge: Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation. This year, the theme ‘water and jobs’ … Read more
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, appointed Chair of UN-Water UN-Water “Thank you for the advice and encouragement and I look to all of you Members and Partners for advice along the road,” said the new UN-Water Chair, ILO Director-General at the 24th UN-Water Meeting in Geneva. Mr. Ryder is appointed … Read more