Click here to watch the session Brazil stages it’s second Water Week this week, hosted by ABES, The Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, and bringing academics, specialists and international organisations together to focus on SDG 6 on water. It is hosted entirely online, attracting 10,000 professionals in the […]
Water and Food Security Guest Lecture on Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and The South African Experience
Join this lecture here Human Right 2 Water’s President, Dhesigen Naidoo joins the Water and Food Security Guest Lecture on Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and the South African Experience, hosted by UN Water’s Olcay Ünver, Ph.D. As lead of the Water Research Commission (WRC), South Africa’s dedicated national […]
The Importance of Engaging Young People in the Dialogue on Water and Human Rights
Watch the webinar here Read more about our panellists and the Declaration. “Young people are not THE solution to the human right to water, we are part of a larger solution.” Striking words from one of the young panellists, Abishek Narayan. This month’s Human Right 2 Water webinar brought together […]
The Importance of Engaging Young People in the Dialogue on Water and Human Rights
Webinar 7th October 2020, 16:00h-17:30h CET (09:00h Mexico, 22:00h Malaysia) Click here to register in advance. Find out more about our panellists here According to UNESCO, people under the age of 30 accounted for more than half of the world’s population in 2012. With the drive and passion that the youth possess, they have the capability […]
The Importance of a Human Rights-Based Approach
Watch the webinar here Find panellists’ slide presentations here: Jenny Grönwall, Dhesigen Naidoo, Diana Suhardiman, Themba Gumbo, Fabiola Tábora, Géraldine Gené Click here to read more about the Panellists Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources […]
The Importance of a Human Rights Based Approach to IWRM
Webinar 2nd September 2020, 14:00h-15:30h CET (07:00h Mexico, 21:00h Malaysia) Click here to register in advance Click here to read more about our panellists. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximise economic and […]
South African NHRI protects the right to dignity in toilet facilities
🇪🇸 Find this article in Spanish here. The South African NRHI received complaints indicating that toilets had been built without enclosures in two of their local communities: Makhaza and Rammulotsi. Upon further investigation, the NHRI ruled that the facilities violated the rights to dignity, privacy, and a clean and healthy […]
People First PPPs and a Human Rights-Based Approach for SDG 6
🇪🇸 Find this article in Spanish here. Watch the webinar here Find panellists’ ppt presentations here: Dr Anand Chiplunkar (HR2Water), Patricia Lopez (World Bank), Geoffrey Hamilton (UNECE), Irina Tsay (SOS Children’s Villages Int.) Understanding that the progress being made to achieve sustainable development goal 6 (SDG6) is not currently on track […]
10th Anniversary of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation
Dhesigen Naidoo of the Water Research Commission in South Africa hosts this interactive webinar to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN declaration to recognise the human rights to water and sanitation. Progress to reach SDG6 on water by 2030 is slow (UN-Water), and the last 10 % of people […]
“Para Todos, Por Siempre” Initiative brings Clean and Sustainable Water and Sanitation to Honduras
Although Article 145 of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras expressly recognizes the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, there are many people in Honduras who still do not have sustainable access to these services. Driven by this serious problem, the “Para Todos, Por Siempre” initiative emerged […]
