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 2024, the theme is ‘Sanitation for peace’. Previous themes can be found here:
Themes
- ACTIVATION KIT in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
- CERTIFICATE 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, and editable files.
- 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 and Spanish.
- INFOGRAPHIC - We can't wait
Contact us
For questions, contact us on: campaigns@unwater.org mentioning [World Toilet Day] in the subject heading.
World Toilet Day 2024: Sanitation for peace
Toilets are a place for peace.
Toilets protect our health and safety.
Toilets are a platform for progress.
This essential space, at the centre of our lives, should be safe and secure. But for billions of people, sanitation is under threat from conflict, climate change, disasters and neglect.
Faster action to improve and safeguard people’s access to sanitation is critical to building a fairer, more peaceful world.
What’s next?
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.