Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper discusses global toilet issues, in relation to girls and women.Comparisons are ma de with the toilet situation in the UK and the West.Toilet provision is one of the last frontiers of gender inequality.Whilst over 2 billion people (a third of the world's population) lack ade quate toilet provision, water supply, sanitation and for that matter electricity, women are parti cularly badly affected.50% of school girls in Africa leave school because of lack of school to ilets which particularly affects them during menstruation.Most women and men without toile ts continue to defecate outdoors but women are particularly vulnerable from men, snakes and unsanitary conditions.But 'toilets' are not a sexy issue, there is no glamour at all!In fact more people in the world own mobile phones than have toilets in their homes.Comparisons are ma de with the public toilet situation in the West, with reference to the United Kingdom where g overnment cutbacks have resulted in over 50% of public facilities being closed.Women who have fewer facilities to start with, but more toileting needs, are especially badly affected.But public toilets are the missing link in creating sustainable, accessible and equitable cities. Lac k of toilets has implications for health, hygiene, the needs of the elderly, disabled and childre n, as well as tourism, business and retail turnover.Investment in toilets is not money down th e drain.Likewise in the developing world provision of toilets, basic hygiene and water supply , reduces disease and improves health. INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
Author: Clara Greed
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W836293