Inadequate sanitation facilities for the poorer women in rural areas and urban informal settlements pose a number of serious challenges for them. For households that must practice open defecation, women must get up while it’s still dark in the morning and make their way to nearby sites to defecate, and many have borne acts of violence en route. Girls must drop out from schools and women must quit their jobs to cater to their sanitation needs without proper infrastructure. Read more here.