World Water Day was commemorated in the ECOSOC Chamber at UN

UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua said, “advancing gender equality in water management is not only a matter of justice and the human rights: it is also essential for effective and sustainable water solutions.

On 19 March, World Water Day was commemorated in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, co-organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN-Water and the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan.

World Water Day 2026 places gender equality at the center of water action. Structural inequalities shape access to water, the burden of water scarcity and unequal participation in decision-making.