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Nearly half the world’s population lacks safe sanitation

Almost 30% of people live in water-stressed areas

Daily women spend 200 million hours fetching water

30% of women globally experience physical or sexual violence

Climate change disproportionally affects world’s most poor

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Every woman and girl should be able to claim her human rights to water and sanitation, resulting in gender equality and sustainable solutions.

Ankie van Wersch-Lenders appointed as the new chair of Simavi’s Supervisory Board 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: creating awareness for sextortion for water Keeping up with menstrual health developments: time for an updated menstrual health manual Period poverty: a global problem Partos Innovation Festival: ‘Let people speak for themselves’ What about the right to water? Learning in the WASH SDG Consortium: how to reflect, share and inspire Sareen Malik on the world wide water crisis: ‘Women should sit at the table when decisions are being made’ Empower indigenous women strengthen communities WASH SDG Consortium: learning and sharing key to achieving SDG goal for water and sanitation A big elephant in the room: Africa's water sector investment costs Learn to understand human rights and engage with human right mechanisms, watch the human rights lecture series!

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