World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and reach the 3.4 billion people still living without safely managed sanitation. Every year, UN-Water sets the theme for World Toilet Day. In 2026, the theme is ‘Sanitation and gender equality‘, with a campaign focusing on how access to safe and secure toilets, alongside soap, water and menstrual hygiene facilities, can protect and empower women and girls.