World Toilet Day

This essential space, at the centre of our lives, should be safe and secure. But for billions of people, sanitation is under threat from conflict, climate change, disasters and neglect.

‘Safe toilets for all by 2030’ is one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6 – but the world is seriously off track.

3.5 billion people still live without safely managed sanitation, including 419 million who practise open defecation.

Faster action to improve and protect people’s access to sanitation is critical to building a fairer, more peaceful world.