No Toilets For Girls

Devi Arivalagan, a resident of a village in Tamil Nadu, said for years she and her family had to walk for around a kilometer towards a forest area for defecation. But now, thanks to a teenage girl in their village, that no longer is an issue.

A school principal in Jharkhand, arrested for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old, has admitted the crime in front of the media, but brushed it off as a mistake and that too a small one, since there was "no intercourse".

A 17-year-old girl in Jharkhand has allegedly committed suicide after her parents turned down her repeated request to build a toilet at their home, saying they were saving the money for her wedding.

If you thought poverty or family resistance are the primary reasons for girls to drop out of school, then this will come as a shocker - many of them prefer to drop out, simply because their schools have no toilets for girls.NDTV visited one such school in Delhi. "The lack of facilities like proper benches, toilets and playgrounds affects the decisi...

Devi Arivalagan, a resident of a village in Tamil Nadu, said for years she and her family had to walk for around a kilometer towards a forest area for defecation. But now, thanks to a teenage girl in their village, that no longer is an issue.

A school principal in Jharkhand, arrested for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old, has admitted the crime in front of the media, but brushed it off as a mistake and that too a small one, since there was "no intercourse".

A 17-year-old girl in Jharkhand has allegedly committed suicide after her parents turned down her repeated request to build a toilet at their home, saying they were saving the money for her wedding.

If you thought poverty or family resistance are the primary reasons for girls to drop out of school, then this will come as a shocker - many of them prefer to drop out, simply because their schools have no toilets for girls.NDTV visited one such school in Delhi. "The lack of facilities like proper benches, toilets and playgrounds affects the decisi...