World Toilet Day

  • 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

  Learn :  • Explore the theme, get involved, and read stories fromaround the world .  • Find out how sanitation is connected to key issues, includingclimate change, peace, health, food and energy .  • UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal : How many people have access to a toilet in your country, and how does it compare to other places in the world?  Share :  • Campaign resources : Use the hashtag #WorldToiletDay. Share social media posts and videos, and download social media banners, posters, branded materials and logos on the campaign Trello board .  • Get in touch: Are you already working in a field related to sanitation, particularly innovation and climate resilience, and would like to get involved in the campaign? Send us an email to campaigns@unwater.org.  • Water Action Agenda : Make a commitment, or browse over 800 commitments made by governments, civil society and other stakeholders to accelerate progress on water and sanitation here.  Act : ...

The celebration of World Toilet Day on November 19th will help the United Nations to raise awareness and mobilize action that can save millions of lives. 2.5 billion people lack toilets, and poor sanitation is a leading cause of disease and child deaths. Everyone needs a place to go!