The Urgent Run a global mobilisation event to commemorate UN World Toilet Day was held on November 19 calling for urgent action to end sanitation crisis. Sixteen Urgent Run events were organised in 12 countries, including India, for the first time by World Toilet Organization (WTO) in partnership with Unilever’s leading toilet cleaning brand, Domestos. The flagship event was held in Singapore on November 9, with others taking place in India, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Gambia, Togo and Mozambique.
The theme of this year’s UN World Toilet Day was dignity and equality, with a focus on inspiring action to end open defecation and putting a spotlight on how access to improved sanitation leads to a reduction in assault and violence on women.