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In this September 2024 edition of our newsletter, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news, key updates, and events from GWC CAST, National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members and partners such as SaniHub, GTFCC, UNICEF, OXFAM, and the Triple Nexus Initiative.
On 14 August 2024, the World…
With support from UNICEF and the GWC Hygiene Promotion Working Group, the GWC CAST conducted an extensive desk review of Mpox resources in August 2024, and has launched the online knowledge hub on Mpox in humanitarian WASH response. This contains all the resources and guidance documents on Mpox that were shared by our partners.
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In this August 2024 edition of our newsletter, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news, key updates, and events from GWC CAST, National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members and partners such as UNICEF, IOM, Action Contre la Faim, the Triple Nexus Initiative, WASH Web, RWSN, and the Geneva Water Hub.
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In OCHA's Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) Mid-year 2024 update, the GWC reported that more than 100 million targeted people (42%) globally have not received water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance due to under-funding and attacks on WASH infrastructure. Such under-resourcing and attacks made a tremendous effect to health and…
As we enter the second half of 2024, we bring you a rich and diverse array of news, key updates, and events from GWC CAST, National Coordination Platforms (NCPs), GWC members, and partners such as UNICEF, OCHA, USAID, Water by Women, Rural Water Supply Network, and the UNC Water and Health Conference.
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The 28th GWC Annual Meeting and National Coordination Platforms (NCP) Workshop were held on 13-16 May 2024, at EAWAG in Zurich, and online. 28th GWC Annual Meeting Official Group Photo. Credits @EAWAG/Laura Baquedano. 14-05-2024. The Annual Meeting provided a space for GWC Members to interact with one another and discuss the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the…
The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2024 starts on 29 April and will run until 10 May 2024. HNPW 2024's first week (29 April to 3 May) will be held remotely while the second week (6 to 10 May) will be organized in-person at the CICG in Geneva. Organized by the UN OCHA since 2015, the two-week-long event provides a unique forum for humanitarian…
The Global WASH Cluster (GWC) and the German WASH Network are excited to announce they will be co-hosting a side-event at the upcoming European Humanitarian Forum 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The event will be a platform for the GWC to showcase its commitments and thought leadership as a champion of collective outcomes for the Water Action Decade within and beyond the…
UNICEF-led/co-led Clusters and Area of Responsibility hosted a side event on "Fragility and Climate: Joined-up Action for Collective Outcomes" at the upcoming COP28 conference in Dubai. We invite you and your partners to attend this session if you will be present for COP28 and also to share this widely. The session showcased thought leadership and…
GWC SIDE EVENT at AIDEX 2023 Leaving no one behind, ending needs by reducing risks and vulnerabilities, achieving sustainable development and peace are a shared commitment of the United Nations and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. This requires ‘joined-up’ action for collective outcomes by the humanitarian, development, and peace actors for which effective and…