Tag: SDGs
Leaving no-one behind
With women and girls disproportionately affected by poor water and sanitation services, Professor Juliet Willetts, winner of IWA’s Gender Diversity in Water Award, discusses...
The quest for bankable water projects
Dr Amit Chanan highlights the challenges of delivering clean water and sanitation and describes the methods used by IFC to leverage investment.
For the water...
Catalysing investments – Innovative financing for sanitation
IWA is running quarterly sanitation dialogues throughout 2025 to advance learning and accelerate progress in sanitation. Florence Laker explains.
Africa’s urban population is rapidly expanding...
New WHO/UNICEF report finds major inequalities in WASH services
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF reveals that major gaps still exist in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene...
LeaP – Empowering future water leaders
IWA’s new LeaP Leadership Programme for Young Water Professionals is giving exceptionally talented young professionals the opportunity to gain the skills to drive innovative,...
Rain Schools progress in Cambodia
As Cambodia and Korea position themselves as leaders in rainwater awareness, education and training, Cambodia has launched the Rain School Initiative which is aiming...
The importance of capacity building
Capacity is an essential factor in the delivery of safe, sustainable Inclusive Urban Sanitation (IUS), without which progress can be hampered and vital efficiencies...
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation: Consolidation of sectoral efforts
Abishek S Narayan, a member of IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation Task Force, reflects on the ‘state of the art’ of the CWIS approach, following...
Investing in SDG 6: A vital confluence of natural, human, and...
By Kala Vairavamoorthy
At any given moment, day and night, a quarter of a million people are aloft, jetting at 800 km/h at an altitude...
In developing countries, increased financing for water utilities is the only...
By David Omolo
One of the very first things that struck me when I came to the Netherlands, was how inconsequential drinking water was for...










