Africa: 70 Percent of African Women Lack a Safe Toilet Increasing Their Risk of Illness, Shame, Harassment and Violence

19 November 2012
press release

Seven in ten women in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a safe toilet, threatening their health and exposing them to shame, fear and even violence.

This means that on World Toilet Day, 19 November, 297 million African women and girls lack safe and adequate sanitation and of those 107 million don't have a toilet at all.

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