Open Defecation Increases Violence, Other Gender-Based Health Inequalities in Women and Young Girls

Globally one in three girls and women lack access to decent toilets

Lack of sanitation facilities remains a major challenge for girls around the world—often forcing women to remain uneducated. Women are at risk during childbirth and home care, young girls and teenagers are forced to stay at home or leave school at puberty, due to inadequate sanitation facilities.

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