A public toilet shouldn't decide a woman's freedom but in India, it often does; here’s how the country's sanitation crisis restricts women

Women in India face significant challenges due to a lack of safe public toilets. Many women limit water intake, risking ...
The Atlantic

Some Indian Women Have No Choice but to Hold It In

On a humid afternoon in May, a handful of local residents gathered at a one-room home in an unplanned housing settlement in Mumbai. The women greeted one another and then sat down on the small porch ...
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Trans women can use women’s toilets, except at work, high court rules

The High Court has said transgender women are lawfully permitted to use women’s facilities, save for at work, in a decision on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC’s) code of practice. A ...
CNN

Japan’s prime minister joins female lawmakers in fight for more toilets in parliament

Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to long ...
LGBTQ Nation

JK Rowling says to photograph women in toilets just in case they’re transgender

Transphobic billionaire author J.K. Rowling has encouraged random people in the United Kingdom to photograph people in women’s restrooms just in case they are transgender. Her advice is likely to ...
Refinery29

I’m A Butch Woman & Feel Unsafe In Women’s Toilets Because Of Transphobes

My entire life, it has been made very clear to me that I am doing 'woman' wrong. As a dark-skinned Black, fat, masculine-presenting dyke with a shaved head who tends to lean towards clothing gendered ...
Sixth Tone

China’s Surrogacy Debate Extends to Women’s Toilets

Women in China are covering up surrogacy ads in toilets with stickers and lipstick as they try to discourage other women from becoming surrogates or take up their services. In late April, a video of ...