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"Gender-Sensitive National Sanitation Policies - Challenges and Opportunities" |
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14 May 2008
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"CARIBSAN 2008" |
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The Caribbean Workshop on Sanitation - “Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans in the Caribbean Region” was held in Kingston, Jamaica 28-29 April. Among the many participants to the workshop were Ministers, professionals of institutions of the sector, scholars, members of the civil society, non-governmental agencies, donor agencies, development agencies and the private sector.
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"Global Sanitation Fund" |
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14 March 2008
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Publications & Press Releases |
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Press Release: UN launches IYS to address global crisis (Nov 2007) [pdf] International Year of Sanitation Brochure [pdf] Objectives of the International Year of Sanitation [pdf] Press Release: Global Sanitation Crisis (Unicef May 2007) Link>> Press Release: General Assembly declares IYS (Dec 2006) [pdf] |
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International Year of Sanitation 2008
Tackling a Global Crisis: International Year of Sanitation 2008
Around the world, 2,6 billion people do not have a clean and safe place to use for performing their bodily functions - they lack that basic necessity, a toilet. This hidden global scandal constitutes an affront to human dignity on a massive scale.
International Year of Sanitation Flagship Publication
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Sanitation is vital for human health
Sanitation generates economic benefits
Sanitation contributes to dignity and social development
Sanitation helps the environment
Improving sanitation is achievable!
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To put the spotlight on sanitation the UN General Assembly declared the year 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. The goal is to raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to reduce by half the proportion of the 2,6 billion people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.
International Year of Sanitation Key Message Booklet
Sanitation: a wise investment for health, dignity and development. More than 2,6 billion people - roughly 40 percent of the world's population - lack what most of us take for granted: a toilet. The Year's purpose is to raise awareness about the crisis and to galvanise action to address it.
Key messages for the International Year of Sanitation >>