Water in Gaza: ‘I wake up and go to sleep thinking about water’
publication
Water in Gaza: ‘I wake up and go to sleep thinking about water’
16.06.2025 | Palestine
Country
Palestine
Capability domains
Health, Nutrition and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)
Audience type
Policy maker or donor, Programme designer or implementer
Year of publication
2025
Authors
Joost Vintges, Nicola Jones, Bassam Abu Hamad
Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is the most basic human need for health and well-being (United Nations (UN), 2010). It is also an essential element of reducing poverty, conflict and food insecurity, but according to UN estimates (considerable progress notwithstanding), billions of people still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene. Achieving universal coverage by 2030 in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 will require greatly accelerated global rates of progress: sixfold for drinking water, fivefold for sanitation and threefold for hygiene (UN, 2018).
Suggested citation:
Suggested citation: Vintges, J., Jones, N. and Abu Hamad, B. (2025). ‘Water in Gaza: “I wake up and go to sleep thinking about water”’. Policy brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence