Working Paper 'The Right to Sanitation'

WECF promotes safe water and sanitation for all

13.06.2008


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WECF promotes safe water and sanitation for all: It is our vision that by 2020
everyone has access to safe and affordable drinking water and sustainable
sanitation. Adequate sanitation is considered indispensable for leading a life in human dignity, for ensuring cost-effective health systems, for promoting economic
growth in developing countries and ensuring education for all – for both girls and boys. Therefore, sanitation should be treated as a human right. However, experience shows that pollution from sanitation can jeopardize the right to water.