World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance held on 19 November to inspire action against the global sanitation crisis, coordinated by UN-Water and rooted in an unofficial observance founded in 2001 by the World Toilet Organization, a Singapore-based nonprofit started by Jack Sim, before the United Nations formally recognized it in 2013. The day exists to inform, engage and inspire people toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, highlighting that billions of people worldwide still lack access to safely managed sanitation and hundreds of millions still practice open defecation.
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Sponsoring Body Target Populationpeople worldwide who lack access to safely managed sanitation 1 Health Goalinspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis 1 Measured Resultsthe hashtag WorldToiletDay reached a maximum potential audience of over 750 million people on social media in 2017 1 Program status (class) Target Population Classification
Program KindSanitation or Water Program 1 Connections
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Source World Toilet Day, Wikipedia
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1. World Toilet Day, Wikipedia
History section
On 19 November 2001, the NGO World Toilet Organization (WTO) was founded by Jack Sim
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UN-Water is the official convener of World Toilet Day
Background section
Worldwide, 3.4 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation"
Lead section, goal sentence
to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis
Impacts section
In 2017, the hashtag #WorldToiletDay had a maximum potential reach of over 750 million people on social media
- Wikipedia 'World Toilet Day': annual UN observance, present tense; checked 2026-09-27.
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to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis
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World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance held on 19 November to inspire action against the global sanitation crisis, coordinated by UN-Water and rooted in an unofficial observance founded in 2001 by the World Toilet Organization, a Singapore-based nonprofit started by Jack Sim, before the United Nations formally recognized it in 2013.
Associated With: Hygiene and Sanitation, Text of the cited page
World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations international observance day on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
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