After years of squatting in open fields in darkness, braving snakes and
harassment from passing men, women in the central Indian state of Madhya
Pradesh have decided to f*ck this shit, threatening their future husbands with
the prospect of endless shame from being left at the alter, in exchange for decent toilets at home.
A lack of
toilets apparently is also the cause for girls dropping out of school
Only four in ten government schools in Delhi have access to functioning toilets
for girls, the study said, which played a dominant role in the ability of
female students to attend school.
The World
Bank says the lack of such facilities costs India nearly US$54 billion a year
in productivity and other losses — in large measure due to the impact on women.
The United Nations Development Programme says that fewer than 35% of women in
India get paid work.According to its conservative estimates, the gross domestic
product could easily increase by 2-4% annually if the employment rate for women
grows to 70%.
