No laughing matter | WaterAid America

No laughing matter | WaterAid America

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NO LAUGHING MATTER As many of us already know, access to a toilet has proven impacts on health and poverty reduction. But don’t let the numbers distract you from thinking about how it must feel to be one of the the 526 million women and girls who have to go to the bathroom outside every day. No privacy. No clean, safe water to wash your hands. Nowhere to throw out a used maxi pad. Worse still, a trip to the “bathroom” for 16-year-old Kajal Gautam in Kanpur, India also means risking sexual harassment or assault each day when she and her cousin, Sarita, have to use the open field... Read story