This year’s World Water Day acts as a reminder for everyone to take action to secure progress on water and sanitation. This year’s theme of Accelerating Change emphasises the need to speed up efforts towards achieving sustaina...
We are thrilled to announce that the International Water Association will co-host and participate in a wide range of events during the UN Water Conference in New York on 22-24 March 2023. IWA is engaged with multiple organi...
IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative seeks to reshape the global urban sanitation agenda focusing on the need for an accelerated and inclusive approach to expanding safe service coverage – beyond just technology advance...
International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 8 March, highlighting the achievements of women worldwide while also calling for greater gender equality. One critical area where gender disparities are still prevalent is in t...
The Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK) is a flagship event organised annually by the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) through the Water Resources Institute (WRI). The 6th edition of the event – UWEWK23 – will tak...
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2023 Time: 11:00-12:15 EST (Eastern Standard Time) Location: UN Headquarters, Side Event Room B Registration: Event open only to UN Water Conference registered delegates Background The 2022 Su...
The International Water Association is pleased to announce that the next edition of the Water and Development Congress & Exhibition will take place on 10-14 December 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda and that details of the call for subm...
For the first time, the Faecal Sludge Management Alliance (FSMA) will partner with the African Water Association (AfWA) to co-host the 21st AfWA Congress & Exhibition and the 7th International Faecal Sludge Management Conferen...
I believe that without doubt we can all agree that 2022 has been an extremely positive year for groundwater for many reasons. This year, UN Water launched a dedicated campaign to raise awareness of groundwater, which is a vital re...
The International Water Association (IWA) is marking UN World Toilet Day, held annually on 19 November to raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation worldwide. The Association is ...