rights to water & sanitation
Bangladesh: government cuts water and sanitation budget by US$ 121 million
Act now!! Sign on letter to save the rights to water and sanitation at Rio+20
Unfortunately the new negotiating text, redrafted by the Brazilian government needs improving! Even though we achieved to have the Human Right to water and sanitation mentioned on previous drafts, the current reference to the Human Right to water and sanitation is not legally binding once the reference to the UN resolution on Human Right to water and sanitation has been removed.
UK Government supports right to sanitation inclusion at Rio+20
Rights - how can they really make a difference?
SACOSAN declaration compilation - Nepal
Commitment to human rights essential for ensuring true sustainable development
A first step to take it up- ministerial declaration
Georgina Vidriales is a member of FAN Mexico and also represents local NGO called SENDAS in Mexico. She shared that her main achievement in this World Water Forum at Marseille is working together with civil societies, we work in collation, we can take back results from an impact to our local level, how you say, delegations, official delegations and also I can say that sharing experiences with all other people all around the world working in water management, and network research management, all linkage with water.
Translating the political commitments
Yakub Hossain, Deputy Executive Director at Village Education Resource Centre and the National Convenor of Freshwater Action Network South Asia Bangladesh represented in the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) steering committee meeting a day prior to the official launch of the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France.
Still a long way to go for water as a right
Syed Shah Nasir Khisro, national convenor of FANSA Pakistan has extensive experiences working in the water and sanitation sector for the past two decades. He shared that he has attended the World Water Forums, the fifth one in Istanbul, Turkey and the sixth one here in Marseille, France.
Opportunities for networking at the 6th World Water forum
Purna Chandra Misra, National Convenor of FANSA India participated in the 6th World Water Forum 12-17th March in Marseille. Isabella Montgomery, Communications Coordinator at FAN Global spoke to Mishra about his learning experiences at the forum.
