WORLD TOILET DAY

About:

• It is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to spread awareness about the global sanitation crisis.
  
  
• Objective: To reach, SDG #6 i.e. to reach everyone with sanitation, and halve the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase recycling and safe reuse.
  
  
• History: It was established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001. Twelve years later, the UN General Assembly declared World Toilet Day an official UN day in 2013.
  
  
• Convener: UN-Water is the official convener of World Toilet Day.
  
  
• How is it observed? World Toilet Day is marked by educational campaigns and other activities. Events are planned by UN-Water, local civil society organizations and volunteers.