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Accountability for the elimination of inequalities in the water, sanitation, and hygiene COVID-19 response
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Virtual (New York time)
Side Event
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partnership with UNICEF, WaterAid, SIMAVI, SIWI, Government of Nigeria, and Government of Costa Rica.
The event will give partners an opportunity to outline how during the COVID crisis they: • Identifying the most vulnerable populations • Creating policies and taking actions which target the most vulnerable • Working with communities to put policies into practice An important angle to look across different response policies is accountability. How governments are living up to their responsibilities at difficult times, and how to use accountability tools to bring interventions which target the most vulnerable to scale and incorporate long term approaches which can remain effective even after COVID-19. The session will be an interactive discussion including employing virtual poll questions.
