Profile of women in public domain Mumbai has a 4th generation of working women As per 2011 census and NSSO rounds in all sectors of economy work participation of women has increased. Number of girls and women going out for long hours and regularly travel long-distance, far from home for education has increased exponentially. Working class Women in informal sector are away from home for more than 16 hours a day. All of them complain about no safe & clean place to pee. Rational for : FREE, CLEAN, SAFE, PUBLIC URINALS FOR WOMEN AT PUBLIC PLACES Women have to use the urinals more frequently. Men have a larger bladder capacity. Women also have to use the toilets for changing sanitary pads during menstruation. It takes women longer to use the toilets. Women have to sit down. Also, women have to make greater adjustments with their clothing. Although zippers conveniently facilitate a quick pee for boys/men, it’s not that simple for women. Many women (still) have greater care-giving roles. There are more kids in the women’s toilets. Handicapped people and senior citizens are not taken into consideration. Facility of separate urinals for women at public places is not available and this results in the saturation of urine, women do not drink water when they are out of their houses which leads to major health disorders. All the above mentioned causes put women at a greater risk for abdominal pain and reproductive tract infections. Women tend to get more bladder infection than men because women have shorter urethras. Cystitis is also most common in women. Gender Inequality in Public Toilets CH ENGINEER (SWM)Dept.- ward wise details of PAY AND USE TOILETS with their locations, summary as per the survey carried out by SWM dept. of MCGM as on 20-10-2013Shared with Right to pee team on 25th Nov.13 Nos. of Urinals ,WC and Bathroom details Ladies Gents Handicapped urinals Wc bathroom urinals wc bathroom urinals wc bathroom 113 5136 61 3705 8305 191 0 15 0 Less number of toilets for women in public places like railway station, bus stations, highways, industrial estates, educational institutions, parks, public hospitals, community Deplorable condition of ‘ladies /urinals toilets’ due to no deployment of cleaning staff. Most of the urinals/toilets for women are clogged, unusable, stinking and without running water. This lack of a basic facility to pee strips so many women of their basic dignity. HENCE, Right to Pee campaign demands “Potty Parity” Disturbing Reality Right to Pee Campaign’ in Mumbai is a united front of 33 voluntary organizations we have surveyed 129 toilet blocks, did signature campaigns on 16 railway stations, organized workshops, met experts to understand the issue in depth and submitted 50,000 signatures and analytical survey report to BMC on 5th sept 2012 Information received through RTI by right to Pee Campaign revealed that 24 wards of Mumbai have 2849 urinals for men. As per 2011 census, population of women in Mumbai is 5741632 but there are hardly any public urinals for them. The major Demands of the Right to Pee campaign . Separate free clean , safe public urinals for women 2. While providing this facility women suffering from disabilities to be taken into consideration. 3. To place the information boards at the entrance clearly indicating facility of free clean urinals for the women in the toilets blocks. 4. Facilities in the toilets blocks meant for women’s should be looked after by women’s organizations and women employees only. 5. Dustbins, sanitary pads should be made available. 6. There should be urinals at every 2 km of distance. 7. The management and coordination of urinals and toilets block should be done by organizations working on women issues and finance should be provided by BMC. 8. To start such separate urinals for women on experimental basis and then to include the same in city planning of Mumbai Concerns Bruhanmumbai Municipal Corporation -GENDER BUDGET 2013-14 Has Made provision for construction of toilets and lavatories for women and sanctioned 75 lakhs for the same. How are we going to do that…. State policy for women states that unless provision of space is made for women toilets Development plan should not been taken ahead… How are we going to do that…. Needs a specific explanation for Social Amenities or public utilities … Suggestions to be included in Development plan of Mumbai 2013-34 1.ALLOCATE SPACE AT PUBLIC PLACES FOR TOILET BLOCKS including SEPARATE URINALS FOR WOMEN. 2. HANDICAPPED PEOPLE AND SENIER CITIZENS ,children’s TO BE CONSIDERED 3. TOILETS AND SPECIFICALLY WOMEN TOILETS TO BE INCLUDED IN DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATION AS A PUBLIC UTILITY . 4.SPECIFICATION OF STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TOILET BLOCKS AS PER INCREASE IN THE POPULATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGULATION 5. WOMENS PARTICIPATION IN THE DESIGN AND SRUCTURE OF PUBLIC TOILETS. (APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION . FOR SUSTAINABILITY…gender friendly city ) 6. Recognize women toilet block as an specific public utility and reserve space for the same in DP plan DP authorities responded; 1. About city sanitation plan for Mumbai in existence, 2. There is no bar to construct “toilet block “anywhere in the city where needed 3. There has been addition made in the DCR for every new construction of assembly building where in likelihood of mass getting together , it will made compulsory to construct toilet block for public 4. Understood and agreed for the necessity
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