Sustainable

Development Goals
(SDGs)

Targets for water,

sanitation, and hygiene
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Post 2015
The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015
development agenda was held in September 2015, in New York and
convened as a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly. In this
meeting the 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
was discussed and adopted by the UN Member States, including the
Philippines.

This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also
seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. Recognizes that
eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including
extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an
indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169
targets demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new
universal Agenda.

seeks to build on the Millennium Development Goals

and complete what these did not achieve.
seeks to realize the human rights of all and to achieve
gender equality and the empowerment of all women
and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance
the three dimensions of sustainable development: the
economic, social and environmental.
Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all
 FOCUS ON GOAL 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all

The COMMITMENT:
Achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable
drinking water for all and to achieve access to adequate and
equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation,
paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in
vulnerable situations by 2030 as well as other related targets under
the proposed Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The VISION:

A world where access to safe and affordable drinking

water is a basic and universal human rightwhere there is
adequate and accessible sanitation.
The REALITY:

Access to safe, affordable, accessible, available and

acceptable water and sanitation as a human right
recognized by the General Assembly and the
Human Rights Council,
is still a dream for millions of people
The TARGETS:

to eliminate open defecation;

to achieve universal access to basic drinking water,
sanitation and hygiene for households, schools and
health facilities;
to halve the proportion of the population without
access at home to safely manage drinking water and
sanitation services; and
to progressively eliminate inequalities in access.
 No one should be left behind!
Focuses on the unserved and under-served
people are and why they are disadvantaged or
marginalized.
income, sex, age, race,
Monitoring & Commitment on
ethnicity, migratory status,
accountability data collection
disability and geographic location,
or other characteristics

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Contribution to other SDGs

It has been recognized that attaining the targets

of SDG 6 will also impact on the other goals,
specifically Goals 1,2,3,4 & 5 as well as on the
goal on governance, Goal 16.
Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and
improved nutrition and promote sustainable
agriculture
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well- Available and
being for all at all ages
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality sustainably
education and promote lifelong learning managed
opportunities for all
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all
WASH
women and girls underpins the
Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies achievement
for sustainable development, provide access to
justice for all and build effective, accountable and of other SDGs
inclusive institutions at all levels
SD GOAL 1

- Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene is a basic human right.

Its absence impacts on health, productivity, livelihood,
access to information, community participation /
involvement, and education which can enable them to
break the cycle of poverty.
SD GOAL 2

- Increased access to basic services such as safe water, sanitation ,

and hygiene increases immensely the well-being of communities
especially women and children, where WASH plays an important
role in the critical rst 1,000 days of a child's life.

- A wide range of preventable diseases are leading causes for child

mortality and morbidity. Children (and even adults) are not only
threatened by malnutrition/undernutrition but also by deadly
infections that are often caused by the lack of safe water
supply, absence of sanitation facilities and hygiene practices.
SD GOAL 3

- WASH contributes to the overall health and well being of

communities through increased access to safe water,
sanitation, and hygiene services not only at the household
levels but in public spaces such as health centers, schools, day
care centers, and public terminals.

Special emphasis is given to SGD target 3.3 under this goal where
increased access to WASH can contribute to "ending the
epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and
neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne
diseases and other communicable diseases by 2030".
SD GOAL 4

SDG targets 3.1 and 3.2.

- One of the leading causes of school absenteeism is the lack of
access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.

- Intestinal infections (e.g. diarrhea and worm infestations), lack of

privacy among girls in puberty and those menstruating, risks of
being bitten by snakes or wild animals (and even
reported cases of sexual harassment) are only a few of the
common problems faced by communities due to unsafe drinking
water, poor hygiene practices, and lack of sucient, safe and
functional sanitation facilities.
SD GOAL 5

Equitable access, meaningful engagement, and various

opportunities for participation of women (and men) on planning,
decision-making, management and operations of safe water,
sanitation, and hygiene services.
Localizing the SDG 6