Defining the Value of Water from a Rights-based Perspective
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Channel: GreekOrthodoxChurch · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism
Water is becoming increasingly scarce and commodified as hundreds of millions of people are denied access to water. The 2018 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) reviewed SDG 6 “Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. Implementation strategies promoted by international financial institutions have placed a heavy focus on private investment and for-profit delivery of essential services, which are resulting in systemic human rights violations and deepening the very inequalities the SDGs seek to combat. This interactive panel focuses on “valuing water”. Using a rights-based lens, panelists explore the ways in which water is valued in communities, cultures and faiths around the world. It examines practices that have further marginalized segments of the population including rural women, Indigenous peoples, small farmers and impoverished communities.
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