Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
In 2026, GRAN is focusing our advocacy efforts on improving global access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).
In 2010, the United Nations declared access to water and sanitation a human right, fundamental to health, dignity and prosperity, and essential to the realization of all other rights. However, lack of sustainable and safe water, sanitation, and hygiene r...
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Get to Know GRAN
We are a network of volunteers from across Canada, united in our advocacy for the human rights of older women in the Global South and those in their care.
We advocate for the right to health and well-being, the right to education and lifelong learning, the right to economic security and social protection, and the right to freedom from violence.
News
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Canada announces funding for global education
At the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Canada's Secretary of State for International Development announced more than $398 million in international...
Sharing Water Fairly
When there is not enough water to meet everyone’s needs, deciding who has access to water first is not just a technical question...
World Refugee Day
Around the world, every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. Currently, more than 117 million people are...
Events
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Commemorating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters
On September 30, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and APTN invite Canadians to take part in the National Commemorative Gathering: Remembering...
2026 Global Nutrition Report: Integrating food and health systems for climate-resilient nutrition (Recording)
Co-organized by the Global Nutrition Report and the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network, this webinar brought together nutrition leaders, policymakers, civil society...
From Challenge to Change: WASH in Rural Ghana (Recording)
During this webinar on education and WASH, guest speaker Peta Hall shares stories and photos that help us get a little closer to...
Land
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the ancestral territories of all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples who have been stewards of this land from time immemorial.
We commit ourselves to the struggle against the systems of oppression and colonialism that have dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their land and denied their rights to self-determination.
This advocacy is essential to human rights work around the world.
