The declaration of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation by the UN General Assembly in 2010 is a significant achievement. Successfully implementing, enforcing and monitoring this right in various countries, contexts and scales will be an even greater achievement. Facilitating accountability for water and sanitation as a human right, The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a workshop to examine the translation of public health data into human rights indicators. Experts in water and sanitation policy and human rights law discussed and debated the challenges and ways forward in developing indicators for equity and non-discrimination that would assist with meaningful practice of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation. The discussion was framed by three main questions: what should be measured, where to find this information, and what additional information is needed. The workshop was convened at The Water Institute's annual conference, Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy on October 4, 2011.
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October 21 2013
Rights-based indicators regarding non-discrimination and equity in access to water and sanitation
Urooj Quezon Amjad;
1Post-doctoral Research Associate, The Water Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Research Fellow, Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Rosenau Hall, CB #7431, 135 Dauer Dr. Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7431, USA
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Georgia Kayser;
Georgia Kayser
2Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Public Policy and The Water Institute at UNC, CB#7431, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill North Carolina USA
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Benjamin Mason Meier
Benjamin Mason Meier
3Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 218 Abernethy Hall, CB #3435, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3435, USA
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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (2014) 4 (1): 182–187.
Article history
Received:
December 07 2011
Accepted:
August 01 2013
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Urooj Quezon Amjad, Georgia Kayser, Benjamin Mason Meier; Rights-based indicators regarding non-discrimination and equity in access to water and sanitation. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 1 March 2014; 4 (1): 182–187. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.041
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