Integrating non-discrimination and equality into the post-2015 development agenda for water, sanitation and hygiene 2012, para. 46
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Equality is relevant to all fields of development and must be applied to all future goals and targets, including those concerning water, sanitation and hygiene. Integrating non-discrimination and equality into all future goals and targets requires including incentives to reduce inequalities. However, to underscore the intrinsic value of equality as an overriding objective, it should also be a stand-alone goal. Having a stand-alone goal on the reduction of inequality is essential to bring it to light and to give it a centre stage in the development agenda. While some argue that a separate equality goal will lead to an insular treatment of equality, the Special Rapporteur is of the opposite view: including equality as an overarching, cross-cutting concern at the goal level will ensure that the reduction of inequalities will be addressed under all the substantive targets, while she acknowledges that this will depend on the way the goal is crafted.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation