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On 19 November, people everywhere celebrate the importance of having a toilet, water and soap. It may sound funny, but toilets are a deadly serious business. Read more...
IRC is among 37 NGOs calling on UN Member States to take concrete steps to fully realise the rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
THE HAGUE - IRC is very pleased to announce that the global partnership Sanitation and Water for All has selected IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty to join its Steering Committee. Read more...
THE HAGUE - IRC is very pleased to announce that the End Water Poverty has selected Catarina Fonseca, IRC's Head, International and Innovation Programme to join its Steering Committee. Read more...
Did you know poverty is both a cause and a consequence of disability? 1 in 5 of poor people in developing countries are disabled. They often lack basic services, including accessible sanitation. At IRC we believe this needs to change. Read more...
Leverage is needed to create conditions for scale, say Dutch NGOs. Read more...
With 20 percent of the world's GDP and 36 percent of the global population located in severely water stressed areas, the growing demand and competition for freshwater will be one of the biggest global challenges we face. At the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting 2015, Wetlands... Read more...
Along with millions of others, at IRC we are following the refugee crisis unfolding at and beyond Europe's borders with heavy hearts. Our thoughts go out to all people who are involuntarily forced to move themselves, their families, their children out of unbearable situations. Read more...
Tuesday August 11, at 10:00 am EDT. Moving beyond reporting and turning data into action. Read more...
1st August 2015: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes hygiene in it's vision statement and as a target. Read more...
With two prestigious humanitarian innovation fund awards and major organisations that collaborate, the humanitarian response platform KnowledgePoint can prepare to scale up in the future. Tim Kent, Project Manager for KnowledgePoint, looks back at a successful start. Read more...
Safe drinking water and sanitation is a human right, but it's going to be costly. How serious are world leaders to reach everyone by 2030? And where will the money come from? Read more...
Join for a three-part webinar series as we explore ways to move beyond just reporting and turn our data into action. Read more...
Share your thoughts with six leading experts on urban sanitation finance for households, cities and the national level. Read more...
Where will the money come to finance water and sanitation for all by 2030? Not from development aid. Developing countries need to get better at raising taxes. Read more...
More than 64 participants joined a webinar last month on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Government organised by the Civil Society Water Sanitation & Hygiene Fund. Topic of discussion was the leading role for local government in water and sanitation provision. Harold Lockwood,... Read more...
On May 5th each year the World Health Organization calls on health workers to wash their hands. Read more...
UNICEF publication provides first global overview of water and sanitation in primary schools. Read more...
Public Finance for WASH: a new collaborative advocacy and research initiative by WSUP, IRC and Trémolet Consulting. Read more...
The essentials of creating actionable monitoring systems for lasting results. Read more...