Time to break taboos associated with toilets and talk and pray about an issue affecting billions, says head of churches’ water body
It’s “high time” to break taboos associated with talking about sanitation and toilets and draw attention to the fact that two-thirds of the world’s population – 4.5 billion people – do not have access to a safely managed sanitation system while almost a billion practice open defecation. That’s according to Dinesh Suna, coordinator of Ecumenical Water […]
Water justice issues in Africa focus of Ecumenical Water Network’s annual Lenten campaign
Water justice issues in Africa are the focus of the Ecumenical Water Network’s annual Lenten campaign this year. Launched at a service in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Ash Wednesday, the campaign will highlight the inequality, stigma and discrimination people face in relation to their use of water as well as the “feminisation […]
‘Water as a human right’ campaign gets global Protestant backing
ENInews Church-backed campaigners on water issues say they have received a boost from a global body representing 80 million Protestants that has called on its members to support access to water as a basic human right. “Preserving the world’s water resources, and securing access to water for all, is one of the greatest challenges we […]
Church groups call for water to be recognised as a “human right”
Members of the church-backed Ecumenical Water Network are urging that water be affirmed as a “basic human right” by government delegations meeting in Istanbul at the World Water Forum. “The right to water and sanitation is firmly grounded in international human rights law,” said a statement signed by EWN members Church World Service, the Church […]