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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Exiting 𝕏
GRAN has taken the decision to delete our account on the social media platform 𝕏. As an organization that works to end violence...
UN Reports Global Water Bankruptcy
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health has released an urgent new report, Global Water Bankruptcy. The world is living...
Going Rogue: US withdraws from international organizations
On January 7, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending support for 66 international organizations, agencies and commissions, including key climate-change...
Events
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The Changing Climate: A Canadian Perspective
Beginning in February, Climate Action for Lifelong Learners (CALL) is delivering this eight-week climate course designed to get participants up to date on...
Change Starts with Water
Wednesday, January 28 -- 1:00 p.m. ET -- Join us as we launch our 2026 WASH Campaign with our first learning event of...
Civil Society Perspectives on Canada’s Proposed Budget Cuts to Critical Development Assistance (Recording)
Join The Group of 78 for this conversation with NGO leaders as they examine the government’s rationale for the announced aid cuts, what...
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.
