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Africa: 70 Percent of African Women Lack a Safe Toilet
WaterAid, 19 November 2012
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. Read more »
An estimated 297 million women and girls living in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to safe and adequate sanitation, and of those, 107 million have no access to a toilet at all, according to the international non-governmental organization WaterAid.
Chisomo Kaunder, a student in Malawi, tells WaterAid about the difference made by having safe sanitation at school. see more »
This briefing is released by WaterAid for World Toilet Day on the 19th of November 2012. It includes the full opinion poll results from Lagos, ... see more »
Of the eight Millennium Development Goals, the least progress has been made on ensuring adequate access to sanitation for the 15 percent of the world's population still defecating ... Read more »
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