bq.“In many cultures, women who have no access to a latrine must wait until it is dark to go to the toilet or they have to walk long distances to find an isolated spot.
This exposes them to the danger of sexual harassment, assault and animal attacks, never mind discomfort and sometimes illness.
…increasing female literacy has twice as much impact in cutting child mortality as does the same increase in male literacy.
In short, women use their education for the benefit of their whole family. For every extra year of maternal education, child mortality rates reduce by 8%, in part, for example, because illiterate mothers are only half as likely to have their children vaccinated. …”
http://www.wateraid.org/international/what_we_do/where_we_work/ethiopia/2563.asp"
bq.“Lack of privacy for
cleaning and washing (41%) was the major
reason identified by survey respondent for
being absent during menstruation. This is
usually because of lack of water or due to
minor issues, such as missing door locks,
even when infrastructure of toilet is
present.”
http://www.wateraid.org/documents/plugin_documents/wa_nep_mhm_rep_march2009.pdf
http://www.wateraid.org/uk/
