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UN-HABITAT and Southeast Asian partners discuss water education in schools
Cha Am, Thailand, 6 December 2005 — UN-HABITAT and its partners held a three-day conference to help senior officials in Southeast Asia gain a better understanding of the agency’s Water for Asian Cities Programme and the idea of bringing the concepts of water conservation, sanitation and hygiene into school classrooms across the region.
Major Norwegian boost for UN-HABITAT water and sanitation trust fund
Nairobi, 11 October 2005 – Norway will grant UN-HABITAT’s Water and Sanitation Trust Fund nearly US$ 7 million in 2005 to help alleviate the water and sanitation crisis confronting millions of slum dwellers across Africa and Asia.
Hearing the voices of women
New York, 20 April 2005 – Women from around the world warned delegates at the 13th Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development on Tuesday that they had to have more empowerment, better protection against crime, better security of tenure and better access to water and sanitation if sustainable development was to be achieved.
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