Word on the Street

The Right to WaSH; The Right to Health

  • Date: Monday, November 25, 2013
  • Time: Lecture: 7:00 PM, Reception: 5:30 PM (RSVP required to attend)
  • Location: McMaster Innovation Park, Ground Floor Conference Centre
  • Address: 175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton, Ontario (Google Maps)
  • Contact: Kate Cave
  • Email: contact.inweh@unu.edu
  • Phone: PHONE: +1 (905) 667-5511

All are welcome!

Virtual Keynote Address: Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation

Panelists: Dr. Nancy Doubleday; Dr. Ross Pink; Mr. Paul General

In 2010, the United Nations declared access to water and sanitation a human right. Despite this declaration and the efforts of many NGOs and governments around the world 780 million people remain without access to improved sources of drinking water, with 653 million of them living in rural areas. Water and sanitation are strongly linked to hygiene and together they comprise WaSH (water supply, sanitation and hygiene). There is a critical need, both in Canada and globally, to address WaSH problems in rural, remote communities in order to improve health and wellbeing

RSVP to contact.inweh@unu.edu EMAIL REGISTRAT ION BY NOV. 20TH REQUIRED TO ATTEND RECEPTION

http://inweh.unu.edu/event/

Posted by KCave

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