By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated 18:31 PM PHT Tue, March 22, 2016
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The United Nations (UN) has declared March 22 (Tuesday) as World Water Day, a day dedicated to learning more about water-related issues.
For 2016, the theme of World Water Day is “Water and Jobs,” a campaign coordinated by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on behalf of UN-Water.
According to the UN, millions of people who work in the water sector are often not recognized or even protected by basic labor rights.
This rings true in the Philippines, where fisherfolk and farmers are among the poorest sectors in the country. As per a Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) report in 2014, fishermen and farmers listed a poverty incidence rate of 39.2 percent and 38.3 percent, respectively.
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