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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Remembering Stephen Lewis
GRANs across the country mourn the loss of a role model and fierce advocate. Stephen Lewis touched countless lives with his unwavering commitment...
The Weaponization of Water
Water infrastructure has become increasingly and deliberately targeted in modern warfare as a strategic tactic, even though the Geneva conventions specifically prohibit attacks...
Global Affairs Laying off Highest-Skilled Diplomats
The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats. The cuts come...
Events
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From Risk to Resilience: Strengthening Communities through Climate-Resilient WASH
Earth Day Event, Wednesday, April 22, 1:00 p.m. ET -- Join us on Earth Day for this GRAN learning event via Zoom. Our...
Greening Transport Beyond EVs: From Swapping Engines to Swapping Systems
Earth Day Event, Wednesday, April 22, 2:00 p.m. ET -- GAIA's battery waste program welcomes Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, authors of Life...
Here comes the Sun: Driving a Renewable Energy Revolution
Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 p.m. ET -- Seniors for Climate is proud to host a timely discussion with climate author and activist Bill...
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.
