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Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Policy Briefs and Infographics
- Ensuring the availability of water and sanitation for persons with disabilities (Goal 6) | Infographic
Targets
- By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
- By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
- By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
- By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
- By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
- By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
- By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
- Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
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Resources
(Further suggestions for resources related to the above Goal are welcome - Email enable@un.org)
- The Economic and Social Benefits and the Barriers of Providing People with Disabilities Accessible Clean Water and Sanitation, UNICEF Commentary, 2012
- Water and sanitation issues for persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a literature review and discussion of implications for global health and international development, N. Groce, N. Bailey, R. Lang, J. F. Trani and M. Kett, 2011
- Undoing inequity: inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that deliver for all: Uganda and Zambia, Leonard Cheshire Disability
- Creating user-friendly water and sanitation services for the disabled, WaterAid Discussion Paper, 2008
- Water and sanitation for disabled people and other vulnerable groups: Designing services to improve accessibility, Hazel Jones & Bob Reed, 2005
- Water, sanitation and disabilities, the work of the IRC
- Water, Sanitation and Disability in Rural West Africa, Messiah College, 2008