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Every year on 19 November, the world comes together to mark World Toilet Day, a UN-observed day since 2013 dedicated to shedding light on one of the most essential, yet often overlooked foundations of public health – safe sanitation.
Across the globe, around 3.4 billion people still live without safely managed sanitation. Lack of toilets leads to the spread of preventable diseases, threatens water sources, increases gender-based vulnerability, and limits children’s ability to learn in safe and healthy environments. These are daily realities for many around the world, with profound human consequences.
In line with this year’s theme, “sanitation in a changing world”, we join the world in advocating for safely managed sanitation systems with the aim of drawing closer to tackling the global sanitation crisis and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on ‘water and sanitation for all’. Investing in sanitation systems results in healthier communities, empowered households (especially women and girls), more time for education, and resilient cities.
Join us at one of our events today and explore our work on sanitation through the content below.
At the events below, SEI experts Kim Andersson and Linus Dagerskog will present various aspects of SEI's work on sanitation. Linus Dagerskog will discuss lessons learned on how productive sanitation in Burkina Faso has strengthened livelihoods and eased tensions between farmers and herders, while Kim Andersson will highlight how climate-resilient sanitation solutions can both withstand climate impacts and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more below and join us!
Past event / This World Toilet Day seminar focuses on why sanitation systems and human health matter for the safety of the environment.
Past event / This event will focus on toilets within the context of sanitation, health and climate change.
Explore how circular water and sanitation solutions, time-saving WASH interventions and climate-resilient water management can improve health, equity and sustainability. These are examples of how smarter tools and evidence-based approaches – from the Resource Recovery Toolbox to resilience modelling in Iraq, can transform systems and strengthen communities.
Perspective / Climate change is exposing the limits of today’s sanitation systems, making resilient and circular WASH essential for a sustainable future.
Feature / The Resource Recovery Toolbox collects and curates tools for planning and implementing resource recovery.
Feature / Three researchers reflect on the methodology applied to synthesize evidence, findings and why time is vital in WASH interventions.
Feature / As the WICER project comes to a close this month, SEI sanitation and water resource experts answer a few questions.
Journal article / This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates time use and time-savings related to WASH interventions in low- and middle-income countries.
Journal article / This study explores how gender-transformative WASH interventions can contribute to women’s empowerment and broader social change.
Tool / The Resource Recovery Toolbox is an online platform that enhances planning and implementation of resource recovery from sanitation and organic waste streams.
Project / Piloting an innovative rural sanitation framework with the aim to strengthen health and food security.
Tool / Resource Value Mapping (REVAMP) helps city planners estimate resources and reuse potential in a city's wastewater and their financial values.
Review selected projects focusing on sanitation.
Project / SEI research team will synthesize the existing evidence about gender and social equality (GSE) outcomes of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions.
Project / Urban waste into circular economy benefits (UrbanCircle) is developing a way to integrate waste management and resource recovery into a circular economy.
Project / The WICER project in Iraq tackles water security challenges through innovative water management, circularity promotion, resource recovery and capacity building.
