UNICEF
UNICEF is a ngo that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
New WHO-UNICEF report: 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water
Despite progress over the last decade, billions of people around the world still lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene services, putting them at risk of disease and deeper social exclusion. A new report: Progress on Household Drinking Water and Sanitation 2000–2024: special focus on inequalities – launched by WHO and UNICEF during World Water Week 2025 […]
UNICEF and partners in DR Congo provide clean water to 700,000 people a day amid conflict
UNICEF and its partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing life-saving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 children – in the main eastern city of Goma after breaks in the water supply during fighting. The intense conflict at the end of January left many of the […]
Latin American, Caribbean finance ministers target $372B water & sanitation investment
Finance ministers from across Latin America and the Caribbean convened today in Washington, D.C., to discuss mobilizing US$372 billion over the next five years to combat the region's water and sanitation crisis. The meeting, which gathered close to 100 ministers and development partners, was hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on the sidelines of […]
ADB and UNICEF partner to strengthen climate resilient water and sanitation services in Pakistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a Letter of Understanding (LOU) to collaborate on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and solid waste management interventions under an ADB-funded project in the cities of Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur in Punjab province of Pakistan. The agreement was signed by Yong Ye, ADB […]
UNICEF strengthens response to DRC’s worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak
Heavy rainfall leaves more than 2 million people – nearly 60 per cent children – in need of humanitarian assistance, as the Congo River rises to levels not seen in more than 60 years. UNICEF is providing drinking water, water treatment kits, and health supplies to affected areas to contain the spread of cholera.
UNICEF estimates children in the southern Gaza Strip are accessing only 1.5 to 2 litres each day
Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns
“Additional effort is needed to monitor gender inequalities in WASH systematically”
Unsafe WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) services perpetuate cycles of poverty. Designing and implementing WASH programmes that address the specific needs of women, girls and other vulnerable groups is key to reaching universal access to water and sanitation, but also to achieving gender equality and empowerment. Globally, women and girls bear the brunt of the […]
1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity, says new UNICEF study
The climate-changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns.
Weather-related disasters led to 43.1 million displacements of children over six years
River floods alone projected to displace almost 96 million children over next 30 years, new analysis shows.