We've published a new report highlighting the impact of locally-led, rights-based campaigning.

Recommendations:
1⃣Centre communities
2⃣Trust civil society expertise
3⃣Think global, fund local
4⃣Sustain action & funding
5⃣Organise, mobilise, enfranchise

Read ➡️ endwaterpoverty.org/wp-content/u...

🔔JOB ALERT🔔

We're hiring a new global coordinator to lead our coalition!

Please note that this role can be based in any Global South country where WaterAid has a country office. The deadline to apply is 12pm on Friday 14 March ⬇️

apply.workable.com/wateraid/j/3...

Fantastic to see Christian Fellowship & Care Foundation's pioneering work lodging water rights complaints to regulators, local authorities, & NHRIs in Imo State 🇳🇬 featured by Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide.

#ClaimYourWaterRightsNaija

➡️ elaw.org/advocatewint...

We're hiring! Join our secretariat team⬇️

💧EWP global coordinator➡️ apply.workable.com/wateraid/j/3...

💧EWP senior campaigns & communications officer ➡️ apply.workable.com/wateraid/j/B...

The deadline to apply for both roles is 12pm on Friday 14 March.

What are the benefits of the inclusion of the right to water in a country’s constitution?
Learn more about the importance of explicit recognition in our policy brief here: humanright2water.org/blog/2025/02...
@un-water.bsky.social @sanwatforall.bsky.social @endwaterpoverty.bsky.social

Our member We Own It said: “This crisis loan will keep Thames afloat in the short term, but their underlying business model is rotten... This is the ‘doom loop’ of privatised water & there is only one way to break the cycle – public ownership.”

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Our member Manushya Foundation is facing a 75% budget cut due to the Trump administration's slashing of USAID.

If you can, please support their fundraiser to power Manushya's advocacy on women's empowerment, business + human rights, & climate justice⬇️

www.weeboon.com/th/campaign/...

Thames Water is being investigated by the water regulator for England and Wales, Ofwat, after the struggling company delayed environmental improvement schemes.
blue-community.net/2...

READ: 'Empowering sanitation workers: Lessons from a pilot support fund' by @andreshueso.bsky.social

Great reflections & work - incl.
@cljofficial.bsky.social supporting workers in Pakistan to unionise, forming a national association of sewer cleaners.

sanitationworkers.susana.org/blog/39-empo...

Every year we offer funding to our members to deliver context-specific community-led action through our #ClaimYourWaterRights campaign.

Over the last 5 years we have funded 47 members in 17 different countries.

For more info, please read our granting guidelines⬇️ endwaterpoverty.org/granting-gui...

EWP is now on LinkedIn.

Please follow us to stay up-to-date with our members' work, the #ClaimYourWaterRights campaign, and all things water justice ⬇️

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🔔CALL FOR INPUTS🔔

The UN Special Rapporteur is calling for contributions to his next report on the critical connection between water and energy.

Submissions can be made in English, French or Spanish. The deadline is February 28.

More information➡️ www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

🔔CONVOCATORIA A CONTRIBUCIONES🔔

El Relator Especial solicita contribuciones para su próximo informe sobre el Nexo Entre Agua y Energía.

Las contribuciones pueden presentarse en español. La fecha límite para enviar contribuciones es el 28 de febrero.

Más información➡️ www.ohchr.org/es/calls-for...

LISTEN: Water governance expert Euphresia Luseka shares her view on how to decolonise development:

“We can address the balance of power between the ‘saviour’ & the ‘saved’ by adhering to values based on rights, equity, and justice.”

open.spotify.com/episode/7aVM...

REPORT: The Nelson Mandela Bay Water Crisis Committee (NMBWCC) & Blue Planet Project recently published new research detailing how communities organised to resist water apartheid in Eastern Cape 🇿🇦

➡️ blueplanetproject.net/wp-content/u...

PETITION: Kimbé Rèd are calling for the protection of all socio-economic rights - including water & sanitation - in French overseas territories.

✍️Sign➡️ www.change.org/p/tous-humai...

Absolutely fantastic initiative from Zambia NGO WASH Forum, who are hosting a meeting in Lusaka of various national civil society networks from across Africa.

Delighted to see many members - Community Water Alliance, KEWASNET, NAYO, TaWaSaNet & UWASNET - connecting & strategising.

The UK's drinking water does not comply with international human rights standards.

The UN defines "safe" water as being "free from chemical substances that constitute a threat to a person’s health".

Excellent investigative work from @watershed-i.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

READ: A recent report by @hrw.org, 'Extermination & Acts of Genocide', finds that Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinians in Gaza of access to safe water & sanitation, constituting collective punishment under international law.

➡️ www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

🔔 CALLING ALL MEMBERS🔔

Applications are open for a masters in water and sustainable development with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.

➡️https://www.un-ihe.org/education/master-programmes

🔔FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY🔔

Applications are now open for the 2025 Omega Resilience Awards. You must be:
💧Under 45
💧Involved in social movements or struggles in Africa

To apply, please complete the online application form by the 15 February➡️ lnkd.in/dS-NPSZp

Cántaro Azul has published the ‘Chiapas for Water Collaborative Report’ to promote fair, dignified access to water. Chiapas is home to 1/3rd of Mexico's💧resources yet is one of the states with the least access.

➡️https://www.cantaroazul.org/_files/ugd/23336c_b1308e381f794328917df1a5ec1619c2.pdf

End Water Poverty is now on BlueSky!

Please follow us to stay up-to-date with our members' work, the #ClaimYourWaterRights campaign, and all things water justice.

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