How are we doing on SDG-6 to ensure safely managed sanitation for all in Ghana? Where is progress being made, and how is this being achieved? What challenges remain? How can we accelerate efforts and reach those most in need? This webinar brings together academics, policy actors and practitioners to discuss these questions and generate practical ideas to address priorities for progress to achieve SDG 6.2 in Ghana.
Attaining the Sustainable Development Goal 6 of “Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” is key to the success of many other SDGs. Covid-19 has shone a spotlight on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), which has received unprecedented attention since during the pandemic. Yet, 3.6 billion – nearly half of humanity – lack access to safely managed sanitation.
Reaching the targets under SDG 6.2 remains a challenge for many countries. Expansion of toilet coverage in been a marked improvement, but produced new challenges across the sanitation chain, and in terms of equity and sustainability. Further, although sanitation is considered pivotal for human wellbeing, productivity, health and to realizing the SDGs, global frameworks and agendas do not always reflect national and local realities of sanitation challenges.
The Ghana Development Studies hub, in collaboration with the Sanitation Learning Hub and the Brown Gold project, is hosting a webinar looking at the main priorities for sanitation in Ghana. How are we doing on SDG-6 to ensure safely managed sanitation for all in Ghana? Where is progress being made, and how is this being achieved? What challenges remain? How can we accelerate efforts and reach those most in need? Through an exploration of these questions, the webinar will discuss grounded experiences of progress and challenges and provide practical ideas to identify and address the main priorities for progress to achieve SDG 6.2 in Ghana.
Speakers:
- Attah Arhin, chairperson for Coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation
- Ebenezer Atsugah, Samasama
- Issahaku Abdul-Rahaman, University for Development Studies
- Issifu Adama, UNICEF Ghana
- Solomie Gebrezgabher, International Water Management Institute-Ghana
Chair:
- Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Institute of Development Studies
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