The Health Site
Editorial Team
March 7, 2014
Many occasions last week tugged at my conscience, primarily because of a series of events. Two ladies were planning their shopping itinerary, seated in a McDonald’s in south Delhi, till their drifting conversation hit me that the whole expedition was centered on one thing – clean toilets. The next day I overheard another lady refusing to sip tea or coffee before heading out. Politely, she stated, no fluids, on the days she steps out, lest she should have to use a restroom outside.
Later that evening, I ventured out for a walk ... The sight of a young woman walker, barely fifty yards ahead of me, stepping off the track to relieve herself embarrassed and shook my standing as a resident ...
This huge park acquired a spanking new toilet block in 2010 as a part of the Commonwealth Games largesse. When I used it just months later, I nearly fainted, even before reaching it. I know why the jogger chose the shrubs over the never-cleaned toilet block...
The absence of enough functional restrooms in public places for women is not only a matter of dignity and healthcare, but also of safety...The June 19, 2012 issue of Time magazine pointed to the vast health issues that women contend with in absence of public restrooms. “To avoid the need to urinate, they often withhold hydration, a practice resulting in high rates of urinary-tract infections, heat strokes and other health problems” ...
With inputs from IANS/ By Sanjiv Kataria
Read full article at Women’s Day 2014: When will Indian women have public toilets that aren’t dirty and unhygienic
Editorial Team
March 7, 2014
Many occasions last week tugged at my conscience, primarily because of a series of events. Two ladies were planning their shopping itinerary, seated in a McDonald’s in south Delhi, till their drifting conversation hit me that the whole expedition was centered on one thing – clean toilets. The next day I overheard another lady refusing to sip tea or coffee before heading out. Politely, she stated, no fluids, on the days she steps out, lest she should have to use a restroom outside.
Later that evening, I ventured out for a walk ... The sight of a young woman walker, barely fifty yards ahead of me, stepping off the track to relieve herself embarrassed and shook my standing as a resident ...
This huge park acquired a spanking new toilet block in 2010 as a part of the Commonwealth Games largesse. When I used it just months later, I nearly fainted, even before reaching it. I know why the jogger chose the shrubs over the never-cleaned toilet block...
The absence of enough functional restrooms in public places for women is not only a matter of dignity and healthcare, but also of safety...The June 19, 2012 issue of Time magazine pointed to the vast health issues that women contend with in absence of public restrooms. “To avoid the need to urinate, they often withhold hydration, a practice resulting in high rates of urinary-tract infections, heat strokes and other health problems” ...
With inputs from IANS/ By Sanjiv Kataria
Read full article at Women’s Day 2014: When will Indian women have public toilets that aren’t dirty and unhygienic
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