From toilet insecurity to toilet security: creating safe sanitation for women and girls Academic Article

abstract

• For women and girls in lowincome areas, the consequences of inadequate sanitation include fear of harassment, experiences of violence, and psychosocial stress. When safe, usable toilets are not available, women and girls face three types of toilet insecurity: (1) the material reality for many women and girls that they do not have access to a toilet; (2) the risk of venturing out for open defecation if there is no toilet; and (3) having access to a public toilet, but one that is unusable (e.g., filthy) or unsafe (e.g., insufficient lighting), so that women and girls accept the risk of going for open defecation. WIREs Water 2016, 3:1924. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1122This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Water, Health, and Sanitation

authors

• O'Reilly, Kathleen

published proceedings

• WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER

altmetric score

• 14.6

author list (cited authors)

• O'Reilly, K.

citation count

• 48

publication date

• January 2016

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4404 Development Studies
• 5 Gender Equality
• 6 Clean Water And Sanitation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/wat2.1122

start page

• 19

end page

• 24

volume

• 3

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1122

user-defined tag

• 5 Gender Equality
• 6 Clean Water and Sanitation