Why, even with access to toilets, women in a Kenyan slum avoid them

Goats take shelter in a dilapidated toilet structure in Nyalenda slums in Kisumu on February 2, 2017. About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. FILE PHOTO | NMG

About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. This leads to poor sanitation and about 280,000 people per year die as a result.

But the global sanitation crisis isn’t equally distributed. Women in developing countries are disproportionately burdened by the persistent lack of access to sanitation in their homes, communities, schools and public spaces.

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