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On World Water Day, ‘Why waste water?’

March 22 is World Water Day. The theme for this year is ‘Why waste water?’. This brings attention to the need to reduce and reuse wastewater. This is an important issue for people and nature around the world as both depend on clean freshwater. Globally, over 80%...
Published on March 22, 2019
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Civil society joint effort with local stakeholders to save river Mpanga

The Watershed consortium led by IRC presented the efforts to strengthen the voice of CSOs and NGOs to improve Water Resources Management around the river Mpanga in Uganda. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs organises an annual learning conference that brings...
Published on February 14, 2019
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Socially inclusive IWRM – a mapping of approaches, methods, tools

This quick-scan offers insights into the current practices of social inclusion in integrated water resource management (IWRM) programmes. In this document seven organisations share experiences on social inclusion in IWRM, operational models, information from...
Published on February 14, 2019
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Accountability is the key to unlocking the human rights to WASH

It’s the 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day- this day United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document safeguarding the inalienable rights for all. At End Water Poverty, we believe that the right to safe...
Published on December 10, 2018
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Sanitation: leaders walk the talk

This is a story of transformation in Kijura Town Council, Uganda. Political leaders decided to lead the process of improving sanitation at household level. This followed a water quality assessment in July 2017, which found that 80% of sampled water sources in...
Published on October 22, 2018
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SWWW: Accountability for SDG 6

Global Review of National Accountability Mechanisms for SDG6: Launch event Launching the CSO study at the World Water Week. ‘Accountability is still not fully understood by the sector. There is a general lack of awareness of the legal obligations and the legal...
Published on September 9, 2018
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SWWW 2018: Leave no one behind in WASH programmes demands a new mind-set

Dutch aid organisation Simavi presented the first results of a study on social inclusion in WASH programmes. The study reveals that in many areas in the world different minority or vulnerable groups are not yet included in WASH-projects. Development organisations...
Published on September 5, 2018
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Watershed at Stockholm World Water Week 2018

During World Water Week 2018 from 26-31 August in Stockholm, Watershed will participate in several meetings. The following sessions are specifically (co-) organized by the International and the Netherlands Work Packages of Watershed: WP International: Resilient...
Published on August 21, 2018
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WASH Talk podcast on Integrated Water Resources Management and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services

How are IWRM and WASH-related, what are the steps already taken and what is still needed for integration? In episode 9 of our WASH Talk series, host Andy Narracott speaks with Chris Baker from Wetlands International and François Brikké from the Global Water...
Published on March 16, 2018
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Understanding the linkages between Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

Reflecting on 2017 and the implementation of the Watershed Empowering Citizens Programme by Wetlands International Uganda and Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE). Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) will require closer links between water,...
Published on March 8, 2018
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CIVICUS’ secretary general writes: Toward an accountability revolution. Citizen participation and the SDGs

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will not be achieved without significant public awareness and engagement. It is citizens who will hold governments accountable to the promises they made in 2015, and we need to find innovative ways of raising public pressure...
Published on February 1, 2018
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Bringing East Africa CSO voices together

In November 2017, East Africa CSOs met in Nairobi, Kenya to work on a common advocacy agenda to influence the implementation of the sustainable development goals in the sub-region. IRC also participated in the workshop held by the African Civil Society Network for...
Published on January 16, 2018

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