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World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and reach the 3.5 billion people still living without safely managed sanitation.  

Established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001, World Toilet Day was made an official United Nations Observance in 2013.  

Every year, UN-Water — the UN’s coordination mechanism on water and sanitation — sets the theme for World Toilet Day. In 2023, the focus is on Accelerating Change. In 2024, the theme will be Leveraging Water for Peace. Previous themes can be found here: 

Themes

  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 
  • CAMPAIGN ANIMATION staring the hummingbird.  
  • CAMPAIGN TRELLO with social media resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 
  • ANIMATIONS toilet equity.
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili. 
  • CAMPAIGN TRELLO with social media resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili. 
  • CAMPAIGN VIDEO - Who cares about toilets? in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swahili.  
  • CAMPAIGN TRELLO with social media resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • CAMPAIGN TRELLO with social media resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • ANIMATION - When nature calls.
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • ANIMATION - Where does our poo go?
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • POSTER in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.  
  • ANIMATION - Working toilets.
  • FACTSHEET in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish.  

Contact us

For questions, contact us on: campaigns@unwater.org mentioning [World Toilet Day] in the subject heading.

Animated hummingbird flying in front of toilet

World Toilet Day 2023 - 19 November

World Toilet Day 2023: Accelerating Change

There is a global sanitation crisis and the world is working too slowly to solve it.  

Right now, we are seriously off track to meet SDG 6: safe toilets and water for all by 2030.  

World Toilet Day 2023 is about getting the world on track by taking much faster action.  

Governments and big institutions must be accountable for delivering on their promises. And every one of us must do what we can – however small – to help speed up progress. 

What’s next?

2024’s campaign will promote cooperation on water and sanitation as a tool for peace. 2025 will focus on glaciers, coinciding with the International Year of Glacier Preservation. 2026 will concentrate on water and sanitation’s role in gender equality. 2027 will explore the connection between water, sanitation and health.