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NEWS
CENTER
November
19, 2008: World
Toilet Day
November 8, 2008: SWAN Canada unveils new advocacy posters to mark World Toilet Day, 2009. Download here.
SWAN
Canada and its website are officially launched on
World Toilet Day. Read
the press release here.
SWAN
Canada writes an open letter to the Prime Minister
highlighting the global sanitation crisis. Read
the letter here.
SWAN
Canada advertisement in Weekly Hill Times (Nov. 19,
2007) and Embassy Weekly (Nov. 21, 2007) highlighting
the sanitation crisis. See
advertisements here.
November
21, 2007: Official
launch of the United Nations International Year of
Sanitation 2008 at UN Headquarters in New York.
March 22, 2008: World
Water Day
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Resources
To
gain a better understanding of the global water and sanitation
crisis, the following print and web resources are recommended:
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Millions of women have to do it with an audience
Without access to an appropriate toilet the lives of millions of women are dominated by the most
basic of human needs. Every day they lack privacy, endure shame and endanger their health by
waiting for dusk to avoid spectators. Have you ever thought about the true meaning of dignity?
Download.
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Dirty Water Kills
The right to life is a fundamental human right. So is the right to water. Unfortunately, 1.2 billion people
lack access to safe water. Don’t be a witness to this violation.
Download.
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Human
Development Report 2006 - Beyond scarcity: power,
poverty, and the global water crisis. Produced
annually by the United Nations Development Programme,
the 2006 edition of the report focuses on the water
and sanitation crisis and full of useful statistics.
http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006 |
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WHO
& UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water
Supply and Sanitation. The JMP informs members
states of the United Nations on the status of water-supply
and sanitation coverage at global, regional, and country
levels. www.wssinfo.org
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2nd
United Nations World Water Development Report, March
2006: This triennial volume, prepared by 24
UN agencies that comprise UN-Water, offers a comprehensive
and holistic assessment of the world’s water
resources. www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr2 |
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SWAN Canada is a member of End Water Poverty, an international campaign that aims to bring an end to the global water and sanitation crisis: www.endwaterpoverty.org |
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WSSCC is a global membership organization that works to improve the lives of poor people in developing countries: www.wsscc.org |
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Progress in Drinking-water and Sanitation: special focus on sanitation. This update report prepared by the WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation details progress towards the UN Millennium Development Goal target for drinking-water and sanitation, and analyses what these trends suggest for the remained of the UN Decade “Water for Life” (2005-2015). http://www.wssinfo.org/en/40_mdg2008.html |
While
SWAN Canada’s focus is on the water and sanitation
crisis in developing countries, we recognize that Canada
has its own share of challenges. To learn more about the
domestic dimension to this issue, we recommend that the
following organizations be contacted:
Assembly of First Nations: www.afn.ca
Canadian Water Network: www.cwn-rce.ca
Canadian Water and Wastewater Association: www.cwwa.ca
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