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Busting for a world which is flush with clean dunnies

19 Nov 05:55am

Filed under: Developing World, Health, Sanitation, Toilets, Women, World Toilet Day

Feminism has become a big issue for Australians. Recently Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave a blistering speech on misogyny, which then went viral around the world. In the U.S Presidential election there were debates about abortion and rape.

In loo of proper sanitation… one third of the world's population uses toilets like this - without the paper. The problem is especially dangerous for women

Beyond Australia and the USA, did you know that something like one in three women in the developing world do not have access to a toilet? That is approximately 1.25 billion women and girls who lack access to safe sanitation leaving them exposed to the threat of violence.

I see many disturbing things related to extreme poverty in my job. One of these is that in Delhi, girls under the age of 10 have been raped while walking to a public toilet.

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Elizabeth1 says:

05:51pm | 19/11/12

I could find no evidence to support the argument that men and women hold a positive bias towards women. I did find evidence to support a positive bias towards men and a negative bias exhibited by both men and women to women. I hope these links work. Female bias against… Read more »
Helen of Troy says:

04:09pm | 19/11/12

Am not sure why population mass is ever brought up in these arguments. New York City has a higher population density than Bangladesh for example…it’s not about population but about government. Read more »

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