Monica Ramos

Monica Ramos is a WASH professional, with 20 years’ international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) experience in roles ranging from country-level programme manager to global level strategic advisor and donor.

She has a diverse range of professional experience in the WASH sector, including working with international organisations (ACF, Oxfam GB, CARE, Save the Children UK, UNICEF); global coordination mechanisms (Global WASH Cluster and Global Task Force for Cholera Control); and donor agencies (EU/ECHO and USAID/OFDA) throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. In her current role as the Global WASH Cluster Coordinator with UNICEF, she is passionate about achieving optimum results in the humanitarian WASH sector, while ensuring collective efforts are well-coordinated, at scale, with the highest quality standards to deliver effective people-centred programming to men, women and children affected by emergencies and humanitarian crises.

As TWG Chair she is particularly excited about the opportunity to drive dynamic progress to achieve strategic and operational priorities for innovation in the humanitarian WASH sector.