New Study by WHO and UNICEF Reports Women and Girls Most at Risk From the Water and Sanitation Crisis

Photo credit: Vic Hinterlang  This month the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF released a new report titled Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) 2000 - 2022: Special focus on gender which provides the first in depth analysis of gender inequalities in WASH services. The report notes that some progress has been made - household access to safely managed sanitation increased from 49 to 57% between 2015 and 2022 -  but achieving the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goal target for universal access by 2030 will require a fivefold increase at that rate.  The report estimates that 2 out of 5 people ...