World Toilet Day

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  • World Toilet Day is held every year on 19 November. It has been an annual United Nations Observance since 2013. • World Toilet Day raises awareness of the 3.4 billion people living without access to safe toilets. • World Toilet Day is about accelerating action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6): water and sanitation for all by 2030.  • The World Toilet Day global campaign, coordinated by UN-Water, is live at www.worldtoiletday.org and on social media with the hashtag #WorldToiletDay. Individuals, organizations, governments, companies and schools around the world take part online and through real-life events.  • World Toilet Day celebrates a different theme each year, proposed by UN-Water – the United Nations’ coordination mechanism on water and sanitation. Explore past themes here

 At the current rates of progress, 3 billion people will still be living without safe toilets in 2030 . (WHO/UNICEF, 2023)  Globally, to achieve SDG target 6.2 –sanitation for all by 2030 – will require a six-foldincrease, on average, in the rate of progress on sanitation . In low-income countries, rates need to increase 13-fold for basic sanitation, and 21-fold for safely managed sanitation. (WHO/UNICEF, 2023)

Established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001, World Toilet Day was made an official United Nations Observance in 2013. Every year, UN-Water — the UN’s coordination mechanism on water and sanitation — sets the theme for World Toilet Day. For questions, contact us on: campaigns@unwater.org mentioning [World Toilet Day] in the subject heading.