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February 2024 - Welcome to the second edition of the Global WASH Cluster (GWC) Newsletter in 2024. In this update, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news and key updates from National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, IASC, IMPACT, IHE Delft and Handicap International. Two…
Welcome to the first edition of the Global WASH Cluster Newsletter in 2024. In this update, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news and key updates from National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as UNICEF, IASC, USAID, OXFAM, OECD, CAWST, and ICRC. 2023 ends with yet another hopeful outlook. While it…
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Global WASH Cluster Newsletter in 2023! In this update, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news and key updates from National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as UNICEF, IASC, RWSN, MIT, IRC, LSHTM, EAWAG and UNINE.
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What are the implications for the humanitarian water and sanitation services if fuel is not allowed to enter Gaza? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand the humanitarian water supply and survival needs of water, the specific context of the Gaza Strip water supply, and…
Welcome to the tenth edition of the Global WASH Cluster Newsletter in 2023! In this update, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news and key updates from National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as NRC, WHO, UNICEF, The Government of Netherlands, World Water Council, CAWST and RWSN. Read more here.
We are happy to share that the GWC, together with Sanitation and Water For All has hosted a side event at UN water 2023 conference on "Joined-up Action for Humanitarian and Development Collective Outcomes to Accelerate SDG6". The event took place on Wednesday 22 March from 8 AM to 10 AM EST (1 PM to 3 PM CET) at the UNICEF Danny Kaye Center in New York. Recording and…
The Global Task Force on Cholera Control, the Global Health and WASH Custers, together with UNICEF and WHO are pleased to share the invitation to an interactive global cholera briefing and call to action on Tuesday 8 November from 14h00 - 16h00 CET The event will showcase high-level keynote presentations, a global snapshot of the current outbreaks worldwide as well…
The GWC Satellite Events are now over, click on the sessions below to access materials and recordings. See you next year! Monday 10th October 14:00 - 14:50 CEST: Opening - What is new in the Global WASH Cluster? - GWC CAST - UNICEF More info 15:00 - 15:50 CEST: Horn of Africa Crisis - Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia WASH Clusters - UNICEF More Info 16:00…
Since 2020, CARE International UK and the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University, together with many other research partners and with the support of the Global Shelter Cluster, have been advancing understanding of the connections between humanitarian sheltering and health. In September 2022, an interactive learning event…
Today, millions of women and girls* around the world are stigmatised, excluded and discriminated against simply because they menstruate. It’s not acceptable that because of a natural bodily function women and girls continue to be prevented from getting an education, earning an income and fully and equally participating in everyday life. While Menstrual Hygiene Day…