I along with some other children used to look out for people going for open defecation and upon spotting ... sanitary napkins should be provided in women toilets in rural areas.

Only they had functional toilets with piped water supply,” said Jessu Ben, a Kotwalia woman, adding that the practice of open defecation was not followed by them out of choice. Their lives ...

India continues to be the country with the highest number of people (597 million people) practising open defecation. Where women must defecate in the open, they run the risk of sexual assault or rape.

Open defecation, as strange as this may sound to Westerners, offers young women a welcome break from their domestic confines and the oversight of in-laws and husbands. Jagdish is proud of his ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently heads the ruling coalition government in India, has long had a reputation ...

which calls for ending open defecation and ensuring that everyone has access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene ...

Ahead of World Toilet Day, which is marked annually on 19 November, WSSCC’s acting Executive Director, Sue Coates, has been speaking to UN News about how to end open defecation. What is open ...

Use of SATO pans helped reduce open defecation and has enhanced sanitation levels in Siaya, Homa Bay and counties in Nyanza where previously “we had frequent diarrhea but since all has been well ...

The Federal Government on Thursday said about 48 million Nigerians still engage in open defecation despite just a year left to the deadline to end the practice. The Minister of State for ...

Federal Ministry of Environment has reiterated its commitment to implementing policies and programmes aimed at ending open defecation in the country by 2025. The minister of state for environment, ...

Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to launch at least 100 public toilets very soon across some major areas in the state to tackle the menace of open defecation. Commissioner for the ...

It is the issue of open defecation. Public toilet misuse and ... You see them lying around under bridges and in different places. Women with kids, even children. You ask them what they are ...