In a major stride to ensure universal access to water and sanitation, the governments of Malawi and South Sudan today announced the launch of Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation Read more...
Five lessons about mobilising political will to achieve gender equality and inspire partners to engage with high level political leaders Read more...
No examples of mutual accountability were found in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru and Somalia. Where active, multi-stakeholder platforms in the... Read more...
The added value of the SWA Jakarta Sector Ministers' Meeting Read more...
Coming together to increase the political prioritisation of water, sanitation, and hygiene and ensure the integration of these services in national climate, health, and economic policies and strategies. Read more...
More emphasis is needed on building and strengthening the work of multi-stakeholder platforms in WASH at the national level. Read more...
Key elements, success factors, partnership processes, conducive national contexts and types of global partnerships, which can support an effective... Read more...
A call to action for ministers of finance, with inspirational case studies and forward-looking sector perspectives. It is part of an initiative by... Read more...
Join IRC and partners sessions for WWWeek At Home This year, Stockholm World Water Week will focus on the theme of water solutions to accelerate action on climate change. sessions are IRC (co-)convened sessions. Read more...
SWA Partner Exchange Forum on "It can't be normal: inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene service levels, the COVID-19 response and the future" Read more...
Providing water and sanitation services to people who live in rural areas or informal settlements or simply aren’t connected to pipes is a complex business. Needlessly so. Social distancing? Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRC Burkina Faso Read more...
A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership. Read more...
The question is not if, but how they should be involved. Read more...
"El agua debe ser incolora en todos los aspectos, es decir que tampoco debe tener color político, ni debe verse como un medio para ganar votos, nuestra única motivación debe ser garantizar ese derecho humano de acceso al agua, para todos y por siempre". Alcalde de San Antonio de Cortés. Read more...
What it will take to bring water and sanitation to everyone. Read more...
WASHing away inequalities: partnering to finance and achieve the water, sanitation and hygiene targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. Read more...
Among Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partners there is lowered confidence especially in managing untreated wastewater and faecal sludge. Non-... Read more...
Ce plan permettra de rallier l'ensemble des forces vives de la commune, mais aussi le gouvernement national et les partenaires extérieurs de manière... Read more...
IRC Perspectives: day 3 and day 4 of the Stockholm World Water Week 2018 Read more...
The five key Building Blocks of a well-functioning WASH sector are: Sector Policy / Strategy; Institutional Arrangements; Planning Monitoring and... Read more...