{"id":1947,"date":"2019-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/south-asia\/news\/prof-deepthi-wickramasinghe-being-awarded-at-the-1st-world-summit-on-leaving-no-one-behind\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:48:57","slug":"prof-deepthi-wickramasinghe-being-awarded-at-the-1st-world-summit-on-leaving-no-one-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/south-asia\/news\/prof-deepthi-wickramasinghe-being-awarded-at-the-1st-world-summit-on-leaving-no-one-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Deepthi Wickramasinghe being awarded at the 1st World Summit on \u201cLeaving no one behind\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prof Wickramasinghe received the award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterlex.org\/2019\/03\/04\/exploratory-projects-to-prioritise-the-people-that-are-being-left-behind\/\">1<sup>st<\/sup> World Summit on \u201cLeaving no one behind\u201d <\/a>&#8211; Human Rights Based Solutions for Access to Water and Sanitation held in Geneva on 7 to 8 February 2019 at the WIPO Conference Centre. 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