right to pee by vjti mumbai (electrical department)

RIGHT

to

PEE

Right To Pee

Recently, a campaign has started in

Mumbai to advocate for free clean and safe

urinals for women in public places.

This campaign has gain the popularity,

with a catchy title,

“Right to Pee”.

About The Campaign

35 NGOs in Mumbai launched The “Right

to Pee” campaign in 2011 to collect as

many signatures as possible to demand

better public bathroom facilities for

women.

‘CORO’ is one of the bone organization

working for this campaign.

Why the Campaign?

In Mumbai, thousands of women come out

of their houses for work. Women are

rubbing their shoulders with men in almost

every field.

But the basic problem they face is a just

lack of private place for the call of nature.

Early this problem was not highlighted but

now it has taken a form of large campaign.

Present Situation

• The municipal government provides

5,993 public toilets for men, compared

with only 3,536 for women. Men have an

additional 2,466 urinals.

• Almost always, a male attendant oversees

these toilets, collecting fees. Men must pay

to use a toilet but can use urinals free but

women are regularly charged to urinate,

despite regulations saying they should not

be.

Attenders in Ladies Toilets

Female

Male

Role of NGOs

All the NGOs under the banner are actively

working for this social cause.

They 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 analytic

survey report to BMC.

BMC on ‘Right to Pee’

• BMC officials had lot of meetings with

‘RTP’ activists. In every meeting they have

promised to fulfill the demands of

campaign but haven’t done anything

noticeable yet.

• Also a planning committee that includes

members from the BMC and the ‘RTP’ has

been set up.

Demands of ‘RTP’

1. Demands includes 16.5% of the

sanitation budget for ‘right to

pee’.

2. If there is gents toilet then there

should be ladies toilet too.

3. Ladies attender.

4. Women should not be charged for

using toilets.

Awareness about Campaign

Aware

Unaware

Ha-PEE

DIWALI

Please Support

‘Right to Pee’ Campaign

Thank You