Dutch civil society organisations support call on UN to include human right to water in post-2015 agenda
WfWP expresses her views on the human right to water and sanitation in an article by the Dutch Water Sector.
Legitimacy for women to start discussion
Dutch-based organisation Women for Water Partnership underpins the importance for the UN to explicitly mention the human right to water in its post-2015 agenda. "For women in developing countries especially water is key to empowerment, access to education and work", explains president Mariet Verhoef of the partnership.
She continues: "Many countries still do not have any provision in their laws or policies to make sure that delivery of safe drinking water and gender-sensitive sanitation is a normal basic service provided. We know from experience that an international resolution gives women organisations a valuable opportunity and legitimacy to discuss this with their governments and authorities at different levels"
Verhoef urges member states to take a human-rights based approach to the SDGs in general thus giving a clear vision on the way the work to be done has to be conducted.
For the entire article by the Dutch Water Sector see here
WfWP expresses her views on the human right to water and sanitation in an article by the Dutch Water Sector.
Legitimacy for women to start discussion
Dutch-based organisation Women for Water Partnership underpins the importance for the UN to explicitly mention the human right to water in its post-2015 agenda. "For women in developing countries especially water is key to empowerment, access to education and work", explains president Mariet Verhoef of the partnership.
She continues: "Many countries still do not have any provision in their laws or policies to make sure that delivery of safe drinking water and gender-sensitive sanitation is a normal basic service provided. We know from experience that an international resolution gives women organisations a valuable opportunity and legitimacy to discuss this with their governments and authorities at different levels"
Verhoef urges member states to take a human-rights based approach to the SDGs in general thus giving a clear vision on the way the work to be done has to be conducted.
For the entire article by the Dutch Water Sector see here
