Valuing toilets
“Who cares about toilets? 3.6 billion people do. Because
they don’t have one that works properly.“
That
is the starting point of this 2021 Campaign
for
World
Toilet Day.
The Observance celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the
3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. When
some people in a community do not have safe toilets, everyone’s health is
threatened.
Poor sanitation
contaminates drinking-water sources, rivers,
beaches and food crops, spreading deadly diseases among the wider population.
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This year’s theme is about valuing toilets.
The campaign draws attention to the fact that toilets – and
the sanitation systems that support them – are underfunded, poorly managed or
neglected in many parts of the world, with devastating consequences for health,
economics and the environment, particularly in the poorest and most
marginalized communities.
On the
other hand,
the
advantages of investing in an adequate sanitation system are immense. For
instance, every $1 invested in basic sanitation returns up to $5 in saved
medical costs and increased productivity, and jobs are created along the entire
service chain. For women and girls, toilets at home, school and at work help
them fulfil their potential and play their full role in society, especially
during menstruation and pregnancy.
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The solution is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and
achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
Even though sanitation is a human right recognized by
the United Nations, we urgently need massive investment and innovation to
quadruple progress all
along the ‘sanitation chain’, from toilets to the transport, collection and
treatment of human waste.
As part of
a human rights-based approach, governments must listen to the people who are
being left behind without access to toilets and allocate specific funding to
include them in planning and decision-making
processes.
Who cares about toilets?
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#UN #DPCW #SANITATION #TOILET #HUMAN_WASTE #CHILDREN
It's a tragedy that we are confronted with such issues in 2021. Who would have thought it. Thank you for an informative read.
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