Unicef Water

Climate shocks. Conflict. Water scarcity. Economic instability.

Yesterday at the High-Level Political Forum, UNICEF launched the Global WASH Sector Resilience Index (GWSRI).

Around the world, these pressures are placing growing strain on water, sanitation and hygiene systems—often with children paying the highest price.
The new Global WASH Sector Resilience Index (GWSRI) is the first global tool specifically designed to measure the resilience of WASH systems. It helps governments and partners understand where resilience is strongest, where it is weakest, and where investments are needed most.
The launch marks an important shift in the sector:
From responding to crises to preventing their impacts
From measuring access alone to understanding resilience
From fragmented risk management to risk-informed investment and planning
The GWSRI benchmarks resilience across 151 countries and provides an evidence base to guide policy, financing and action.
Because resilient WASH systems are not only about infrastructure. They are about protecting children, sustaining services, strengthening economies, and securing development gains in an increasingly uncertain world.

Read more at :

https://knowledge.unicef.org/wash/resource/introducing-global-wash-sector-resilience-index-gwsri

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