The last taboo

Sabina and her friends outside their new school latrines in Mohanpur, Bangldesh. Before, they used to walk 1km home to go to the toilet.

Credit: WaterAid / Juthika Howlader

On 19 March, WaterAid's Lydia Zigomo spoke to Jane Garvey about sanitation on Radio 4's Woman's Hour following the launch of a new book, The Last Taboo, by Maggie Black and Ben Fawcett.

The book exposes the shocking statistic that in 2008, the UN designated Year of Sanitation, 2.6 billion people worldwide still have nowhere to go to the loo.  

Lydia, Jane and and Maggie discuss sanitation issues, in particular the problems posed to women and girls, who often miss out on school due to the indignity of having nowhere to go to the toilet.

Listen again on Radio 4's website 

Further discussion on the book with WaterAid's Girish Menon is also featured on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's recent Global Health Podcast.

Listen to the Global Health Podcast on The Last Taboo