ISSUE: #35 | June 2018
NEED OF THE HOUR
ACCESS TO PROPER SANITATION
CEO’s Note The 2016 study conducted by the University of Michigan sets the pretext for the need of access to water and sanitation in India because it threatens the safety of women in the country. The research concluded that women who use open defecation sites have double chances of getting raped in comparison to women who use home toilets. According to UNICEF, around 50% of rapes happen when women go out to defecate or urinate. However, it’s just not their safety that is threatened. As per a research conducted by the World Health Organization in 2012, one in four girls (close to 23%) drops out of schools due to lack of clean water and sanitation. This act impacts a woman at multiple levels, due to the shame and fear attached with open defecation, women at times, restrict their food and water intake for hours, avoiding the need to urinate and defecate. This potentially affects their health and stamina. Such risky practices and inadequate nutritional intakes, along with poor sanitation affect pregnant women the most. Not many realize that lack of sanitation leads to serious postpartum complications,including shocking pregnancy outcomes and alarming maternal/infant mortality rates. The repercussions of improper sanitation and water facility in India are infinite, and the supporting statistics are numerous. Several studies have been conducted by both the Government and private bodies. However, little has been done to alter the situation. There’s a pressing need to transform the lives of women in India and undeterred focus. Within its scope, improving the access to proper sanitation and clean water for women should be made the top priority. There are close to 65 million adolescent girls living without clean water and sanitation, we don’t require a louder call to action! Read Full Article >>
Open defecation- A threat to women’s safety, health and dignity. Two young girls from rural India left their home in the middle of the night to answer nature’s call. Like millions in India, their homes had no access to bathrooms. The following morning, their bodies were found hanging from a tree. This is not just a rural narrative, there are recurring cases witnessed in metros like Delhi. Cases like these are not new, there are end number of cases being recorded every day of young girls, women being groped, raped or murdered in the wee hours of the morning, if not this, getting attacked by wild animals or stung by snakes is common. India is running far behind to attain its sanitation goals and the situation is getting difficult with each passing year. More children are dying due to illness and more girls and women will continue to suffer. Read Full Article >>
DATA SPEAKS
IN INDIA
732
NO TOILET
BELOW THE AGE OF FIVE
According to World Health Organization in 2012
MORE THAN
1,000 CHILDREN
United Nations Children Fund
(CLOSE TO 23%) DROP OUT OF SCHOOLS
DUE TO LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND OUT OF WHICH 355 MILLION INCLUDES WOMEN AND GIRLS SANITATION study by - United Nations.
DIE
ONE IN FOUR GIRLS
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
EVERY DAY FROM DIARRHOEA, HEPATITIS CAUSING PATHOGENS AND OTHER SANITATION-RELATED DISEASES. - INDIA
1 IN EVERY 3 PUBLIC TOILETSIN DELHI DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATE PROVISION FOR WOMEN WHILE OUT OF OVERALL FACILITIES MORE THAN 66% OF WOMEN TOILETS DID NOT HAVE A WORKING FLUSH AND 53% DID NOT HAVE RUNNING WATER. Action Aid report
AROUND
THE DROP RATE FROM SCHOOL IN RURAL
50% OF RAPES
AREAS WENT AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS DUE TO LACK OF TOILET FACILITIES ON THEIR PERIODS
UP TO 23%
HAPPEN WHEN WOMEN GO OUT TO DEFECATE OR URINATE. UNICEF
Action Aid report
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