E-Discussion: Have accountability and monitoring systems improved access to water and sanitation for marginalized groups or individuals? What are effective awareness-raising and advocacy strategies?

Weeks 5 and 6 (24 February – 10 March 2014)

The Handbook for realising the rights to water and sanitation: From policy to practice will reflect on general experiences in supporting access to water and sanitation including some of the main challenges of discrimination in service delivery in realizing the rights to water and sanitation. Lessons learned and good practices in addressing discrimination, inequalities and exclusion in accessing water and sanitation services in development programmes, particularly for marginalized individuals and groups, will also be reflected upon.

Theme

This session will focus on accountability and monitoring and discuss whether the rights to water and sanitation can increase the accountability of States towards individuals and groups that are discriminated against and whether accountability and monitoring systems have improved access to services for marginalized groups or individuals. Awareness-raising and advocacy strategies that promote non-discriminatory practices effectively in ensuring that marginalized and / or vulnerable individuals and groups receive relevant messages and information will also be discussed. 

How to contribute?

• send your responses to humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org
• access the online UN platform ‘Teamworks’ where you can post comments and access relevant resources related to the e-Discussion at www.unteamworks.org/HandbookWatSan