Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.
Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Drought in specific afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition. Fortunately, there has been great progress made in the past decade regarding drinking sources and sanitation, whereby over 90% of the world’s population now has access to improved sources of drinking water.
To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in management of freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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Water and Development Information for Arid Lands Global Network |
G-WADI | 2004 | Paris | France | F | y |
Water and Sanitation for Africa |
WSA | 1988 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | E | |
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor |
WSUP | 2004 | London | UK | G | y |
Water and Sanitation Programme |
WSP | Washington DC | USA | E | g | |
Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean |
1992 | Panama | Panama | E | g | |
Water Engineers for the Americas |
WEFTA | 2002 | Santa Fe NM | USA | G | |
Water Environment Federation |
WEF | 1928 | Alexandria VA | USA | G | |
Water Environment Partnership in Asia |
WEPA | 2004 | Hayama | Japan | F | g |
Water Europe |
WE | 2004 | Brussels | Belgium | E | y |
Water Footprint Network |
WFN | Enschede | Netherlands | E | y | |
Water for People |
WFP | 1991 | Denver CO | USA | G | |
Water Governance Facility |
WGF | 2005 | Stockholm | Sweden | G | |
Water Inception |
2017 | Nyon | Switzerland | N | ||
Water Institute of Southern Africa |
WISA | Midrand | South Africa | N | jv | |
Water Integrity Network |
WIN | 2006 | Berlin | Germany | F | y |
Water Mission International |
Water Mission | 2001 | North Charleston SC | USA | G | |
Water Missions International |
WMI | 2001 | Charleston SC | USA | G | |
Water Monitoring Alliance |
WMA | 2005 | Marseille | France | F | |
Water Quality Association |
WQA | Lisle IL | USA | G | ||
Water Research Fund of Southern Africa |
WARFSA | 1999 | Harare | Zimbabwe | F | f |
Water Reuse Europe |
WRE | 2016 | Cranfield | UK | D | |
Water Science and Technology Association |
WSTA | Manama | Bahrain | D | v | |
Water Witness International |
Edinburgh | UK | G | |||
Water, Engineering and Development Centre |
WEDC | 1972 | Loughborough | UK | G | |
Water.org |
1990 | Kansas City MO | USA | G | ||
WaterAid |
1981 | London | UK | F | ||
Waterbird Society |
WBS | 1976 | G | v | ||
WaterCan |
Ottawa ON | Canada | G | |||
Waterforeveryone |
2017 | Preverenges | Switzerland | G | ||
Waterkeeper Alliance |
1999 | New York NY | USA | G | ||
Waterlines |
1988 | Santa Fe NM | USA | G | ||
Waterlution |
2003 | Oakville ON | Canada | N | ||
WaterNet |
2000 | Harare | Zimbabwe | F | y | |
Waterpreneurs |
Geneva | Switzerland | F | |||
Waves for Water |
W4W | 2009 | Los Angeles CA | USA | G | |
WEC International |
WEC | 1913 | Coventry | UK | F | v |
WEEELABEX Organisation |
2013 | Prague | Czechia | E | ||
WeForest |
2008 | Overijse | Belgium | F | ||
West African Women's Association |
WAWA | 1984 | Dakar | Senegal | E | |
Wetlands International |
1995 | Wageningen | Netherlands | B | ||
Wherever the Need |
WTN | 1997 | Bath | UK | G | |
WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities |
GNAFCC | 2010 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | y |
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |
EMRO | 1948 | Cairo | Egypt | E | g |
WMO Hydrology and Water Resources Programme |
HWRP | Geneva | Switzerland | F | g | |
WMO Resource Mobilization Office |
RMO | Geneva | Switzerland | K | g | |
Women First International Fund |
1969 | New York NY | USA | F | f | |
Women for Water Partnership |
WfWP | 2004 | The Hague | Netherlands | F | |
Women's International Network of Utility Professionals |
WINUP | 1923 | Grove City OH | USA | N | t |
Women's International News Gathering Service |
WINGS | 1986 | G | |||
Women's World Summit Foundation |
WWSF | 1991 | Geneva | Switzerland | F | f |