City Desk :
WASH sector advocators made an appeal to the political parties contesting the upcoming parliamentary election to prioritise water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in their election manifestos to improve the lives and wellbeing of all citizens. WaterAid, UNICEF, BRAC, World Vision, Water.org, FSM Network, FANSA, WSSCC, Sanitation and Water for All, and WASH Alliance jointly urged all political parties to include several demands in their election manifestos. The demands are: Taking action for integrated water resource management and scaling up sustainable technological options to ensure arsenic- and germ-free safe drinking water for all.
They urged the parties to ensure inclusive and accessible toilet facilities in public places and institutions with sound faecal sludge management (FSM) systems in place for safe and sustainable sanitation.
Besides, exemption of all kinds of taxes and duties on sanitary napkins and associated raw materials to ensure menstrual health and hygiene for girls and women are also demanded.
In addition, they also advocated for ensuring equity of WASH investment in urban and rural areas along with increase in WASH financing to ensure inclusive services for all, especially those living in hard-to-reach rural areas as well as slums and low-income urban areas.
WASH sector advocators made an appeal to the political parties contesting the upcoming parliamentary election to prioritise water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in their election manifestos to improve the lives and wellbeing of all citizens. WaterAid, UNICEF, BRAC, World Vision, Water.org, FSM Network, FANSA, WSSCC, Sanitation and Water for All, and WASH Alliance jointly urged all political parties to include several demands in their election manifestos. The demands are: Taking action for integrated water resource management and scaling up sustainable technological options to ensure arsenic- and germ-free safe drinking water for all.
They urged the parties to ensure inclusive and accessible toilet facilities in public places and institutions with sound faecal sludge management (FSM) systems in place for safe and sustainable sanitation.
Besides, exemption of all kinds of taxes and duties on sanitary napkins and associated raw materials to ensure menstrual health and hygiene for girls and women are also demanded.
In addition, they also advocated for ensuring equity of WASH investment in urban and rural areas along with increase in WASH financing to ensure inclusive services for all, especially those living in hard-to-reach rural areas as well as slums and low-income urban areas.
