We know children are future of any country. But, future is bleak for them if they do not get safe drinking water, sanitation & hygiene in school. Girls in India drop out of school for a number of reasons. But in many cases, these reasons are directly related to lack of sanitation and personal hygiene and unhygienic toilets at their schools. As girls enter into adolescence appropriate bathroom facilities and clean water become even more critical to stay in school.
30% marginalized women are physically and sexually assaulted to access public toilet According to studies. 70% of teenage girls in Delhi slums experience humiliation every day. Due to a shortage of toilet facility, 23% of adolescent girls drop out from schools. Girls from various government schools in the Capital listed lack of toilets and hygiene as the reasons to drop out of school.
As per observation, the lack of sanitation facilities has been a major cause for high dropout rates among girl students. The solution to this is to create toilets in schools and introduce female hygienic products. At the same time devote resources to maintain and clean them regularly.
United Nations World Toilet Day is observed every year on 19th of November around the globe to address this issue. World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. A topic often neglected and shrouded in taboos.
Brands like PeeSafe have recognized this alarming issue of unhygienic toilets. They have put efforts and their resources and with the help of experts and scientist have developed unique products. PeeSafe portable female hygiene products like toilet seat sanitizer spray and travel toiletries. The toilet seat sanitizer keeps the toilet seat and the surrounding area 99.9% germ-free.
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This blog has been written by Anshu Bhatia was first published on SafetyKart on 15th Nov 2017