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14 July 2022

Youth Vision for Water on the road to UN 2023 Water Conference

The World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW) has developed a ‘Youth Vision for Water’, encapsulating the change the Parliament...

11 July 2022

The ‘Dushanbe Declaration’ from the second High-level Conference on the International Decade for Action

The ‘Dushanbe Declaration’ has been issued from the Second High-level Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for...

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07 July 2022

World Bank: Course on Water Utility Financing

Water Utility Financing e-learning is a new, free, self-paced online course from the World Bank Water Global Practice that...

Abdul Qayoum 43 is a residents of Kochi Abad village, Bagrami district of Kabul province, he has 9 children (6 girls and 3 boys). Qayoum and his family fled from Surkhrod district of Nangahar province due to security conflict. “Our children were walking

04 July 2022

SWA launch global study on external perceptions of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) recently published the results of a global audience study that looked into the...

28 June 2022

30th anniversary of the Water Convention

In March 1992, governments gathered in Helsinki, Finland, with a vision in mind: to manage shared waters in the...

27 June 2022

Workshop: Promoting Water Tenure for Food Security, Climate Resilience and Equity

On the 28-29 June, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) host a workshop on “Promoting Water Tenure for Food...

22 June 2022

Geneva Water Dialogue - an interactive conversation

On 1 July 2022, the Permanent Missions of the Netherlands, Tajikistan and Egypt host the “Geneva Water Dialogue” at...

21 June 2022

SDG 6 Special Event during High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022

On 13 July 2022, a SDG 6 Special Event will be hosted during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable...

20 June 2022

Realising gender equality in the realisation of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

On Friday 24 June, the hybrid side event 'Realising gender equality in the realisation of the rights to safe...

20 June 2022

Midterm review of the Sendai Framework: Water community inputs - Survey questionnaire

In preparation for the UN 2023 Water Conference, efforts are undertaken to fostering alignment between the Midterm Reviews of...

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