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标题：Challenges and Concerns for Toilets Access among Adolescent Girls in an Urban Slum –A Viewpoint
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作者：Abhiruchi Galhotra ; Utsav Raj
期刊名称：National Journal of Community Medicine
印刷版ISSN：0976-3325
电子版ISSN：2229-6816
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：10
页码：567-569
出版社：National Journal of Community Medicine
摘要：Indian cities are experiencing rapid population growth and expansion of urban poor. Many of these people live in informal settlements which are areas of high density, poor qual-ity housing-the ‘poverty pockets’ with inadequate provision of basic water and sanitation services. Sani-tation in slums poses the dual risk of increased disease incidence, on one hand, and it raises the issue of personal safety, security, and digni-ty of women and girls on the other hand. A community toilets (CT) fa-cility is a shared facility provided for a defined group of residents or an entire settlement/community. Women, despite having a high de-mand for safe toilet facilities, con-tinue to practice unsafe sanitation. In response to the shame and fear associated with open defecations, women restrict their mobility. To ensure safe, accessible and long-term usability of community toilets, it is critical to select the most ap-propriate location and community toilet design.
关键词：Sanitation; Slums; Community Toi;lets; Personal Safety; Dignity of Women