A/67/270 (b) Recommendations regarding goals, targets and indicators for water, sanitation and hygiene: (i) The post-2015 development agenda should incorporate a stand-alone goal on water, sanitation and hygiene, to ensure that universal access to these services will be treated as a vital feature of social and economic development, on equal footing with health or education. Water, sanitation and hygiene should not be neglected in the global priority-setting for development goals; (ii) A goal on universal access must be complemented with a call for the reduction of inequalities. One of the targets should consist in reducing the gap between the rate of coverage in terms of access to water, sanitation and hygiene in the best-off or dominant groups to that of the worst-off or minority groups; (iii) Future goals, targets and indicators on water, sanitation and hygiene must: a. Focus on progressive realization towards good quality, and sustainable water and sanitation for all, without discrimination; b. Address geographic inequalities, such as those experienced by communities in remote rural areas and slums; c. Tackle inequities and disparities, shedding light and providing guidance for policymaking to benefit the poorest of the poor; d. Address group-related inequalities that vary across countries, such as those based on ethnicity, race, nationality, language and religion; e. Address the impacts of individual-related inequalities, present in every country of the globe, such as those based on sex/gender, age, and disability — as they are experienced in the public and private spheres; f. Address the need for adequate menstrual hygiene management for women and girls; (c) Recommendations regarding data sources and methodology: (i) The Special Rapporteur calls for pushing the boundaries of what is currently perceived as measurable in order to better identify and monitor inequalities; (ii) Disaggregation of data is a powerful tool for the collection of detailed and accurate information, but it does not automatically result in the reduction of inequalities. Incentives to reduce inequalities and target the most disadvantaged must be incorporated in the definition of goals, targets and indicators; (iii) Monitoring initiatives at the global or regional levels should use the equity and equality-related variables included in the current data sets more widely as well as explore ways to supplement household survey data with additional sources; 22 12-45653