The United Nations observes World Water Day yearly on March 22. The theme of World Water Day 2026 is Water and Gender.
Chi miigwetch to the Anishinaabe Water Walkers, who teach that “water is life” (Niibi Bimaadiziwin).
On World Water Day 2026, Grassy Narrows Solidarity invites all water protectors to a rally at The Forks in Winnipeg. Say No to Nuclear!
In 2024, We the Nuclear Free North recognized World Water Day by submitting a brief to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development’s Study of Freshwater in Canada. Read it here.
The brief emphasizes the dangers to safe water posed by the nuclear industry’s (NWMO’s) proposed deep geological repository for all of Canada’s nuclear fuel waste, east of Dryden in northwestern Ontario.
We the Nuclear Free North also provides details regarding the risk to safe water here on our website – for instance, in our “debunker” Is Surface Water Safe from Contamination from a Deep Geological Repository? No.
The United Nations selected the theme of “Water and Gender” for World Water Day 2026 to emphasize gender equality as one of the social benefits that can arise when the burden of water insecurity is lifted from a community.
For us in North America/Turtle Island who are concerned about radioactive contamination of water from nuclear facilities, “Water and Gender” has additional significance. Exposure to radioactive contamination has disproportionate effects on people of different ages and genders, with women and girls at significantly greater risk of injury than men. For more information, and to help support research, visit the webpage of the Generational Radiation Impact Project.
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