Toilets and Sanitization for Women in India: Problems and Issues

This paper is regarding a very serious problem in India which is about toilets and sanitization problem for women. In 2008, 88% of the population in India had access to an improved water source, but only 31% had access to improved sanitation. According to the Statistics available more than 90% of female in India does not have toilet access with proper water sanitization. This may cause many harmful diseases. Most of the Indian women need to go to remote open space for the same which again showing a worst data of their harassment and rape cases. There are so many other problems like snake biting, diarrhoea cases which are highlighting this problem. This is a very basic human right to have a proper and safe place to attend one's natural call. Government is encouraging many programs for female toilets but this problem needs to be addressed on more priority. In Urban areas pay and use toilets are available for both male and female but in female areas it's rarely seen special for female. This paper will discuss about this problem and its solutions in more details.