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Toilet Summit Tackles Issue of 'Potty Parity' for Women

Organizations discuss worldwide sanitation in Macau

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(Newser) – The World Toilet Summit began in Macau today, as UN agencies, civil-society groups and the World Toilet Organization discuss how to provide sanitation for the 2.5 billion who still lack access to a clean lavatory, LiveScience reports. The summit will also address the issue of “potty parity”—the ratio of female to male facilities in public restrooms—as a key initiative in its three-day agenda.

A man carries a toilet along a flooded street in Managua, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.
A man carries a toilet along a flooded street in Managua, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008.   (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
CHELMSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 19: People queue for toilets during the second day of the annual rock and pop 'V Festival' at Hylands Park, Chelmsford on August 19, 2007 in Essex, England. The two day festival sees the line-up of acts play alternate days at Chelmsford, and at Weston...
CHELMSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 19: People queue for toilets during the second day of the annual rock and pop 'V Festival' at Hylands Park, Chelmsford on August 19, 2007 in Essex, England. The two...   (Getty Images)
A toilet is shown in this undated file photo.
A toilet is shown in this undated file photo.   (PRNewsFoto/Kohler Co.)
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