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UN Special Rapporteur on Human Right
to Safe Drinking Water & Sanitation:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/WaterAndSanitation/SRWater/Pages/SRWaterIndex.aspx
In
July 2010, the General Assembly adopted a resolution, which “recognized the
right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is
essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights” (GA res 64/292). Subsequently, the Human Rights
Council, in September 2010, affirmed this recognition and clarified that the
right is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living (HRC res 15/9). Taking into account these
developments, the Human Rights Council, in March 2011, extended the mandate on
water and sanitation, and changed its title to Special Rapporteur on the human
right to safe drinking water and sanitation (HRC res 16/2)
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UN SR REPORT - HOW HUMAN RIGHT TO
WATER & SANITATION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REALIZATION
OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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Translations
Special Focus on Millennium
Development Goal Target 7.C - Halve by 2015, the proportion of the population
without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
Report excerpt examples
of GENDER dimensions:
6. While target 7.C is of critical
importance, it is also indispensable for reaching other Millennium Development
Goals:
a) Access to clean water and
sanitation can reduce the risk of child mortality
(Goal 4) by 50 per
cent;
b) Clean water supply and sanitation
services reduce diseases such as anaemia
and vitamin
deficiency that undermine maternal health (Goal 5);
d) Water collection duties and lack
of adequate or appropriate sanitation facilities
keep girls out of
school, and water-related diseases such as diarrhoea cost
443 million
school days each year (Goal 2);
e) For many women and girls
inadequate sanitation implies a loss of dignity and
represents a
source of insecurity. Water collection responsibilities and the time
spent caring for
relatives afflicted by water-related diseases diminish women's
opportunity to
engage in productive activities (Goal 3);
