These women feel the psychological effect of always carrying images of men who saw them easing themselves, and it continues to haunt them. Open defecation is normal for rural women in parts of Ghana.

Ending open defecation is a crucial way to speed up development. “We have to work in every possible way to address the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by women who lack access to toilets ...

In developing countries, open defecation is a major cause of diarrheal diseases, child mortality and even sexual assault against girls and women exposed while relieving themselves outside.

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022, the country remains among 36 countries still grappling with this unhealthy practice. Sanitation goals face harsh ...

Open defecation also puts girls and women at risk of sexual assault while relieving themselves outside after dark. ... 582 households in Jiling without toilets to use their own resources to build them ...

Three villages in Kisumu East Sub-County have attained Open Defecation Free (ODF) status after three years of intensified campaign against the attitude of having call of nature in the bush.

With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free ...

The Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) Lagos State chapter has called on governments and relevant stakeholders to take action against open defecation. Its Amirah, Dr ...

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Fashion - Pulse Picks Women's Fashion - Pulse Picks 2025-05-05T22:51:45+00:00. ... “The Clean Nigeria Campaign has now validated 142 LGAs as Open Defecation Free.