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Public toilets in Djibouti
Language of toilets
Local wordsWC
toilettes
Men's toiletsMen
Women's toiletsWomen
Public toilet statistics
Toilets per 100,000 people??? (2021)
Total toilets??
Public toilet use
Typeopen defecation
Locationsairports
restaurants
Average cost???
Often equipped withtoilet paper at airport public toilets
Percent accessible???
Date first modern public toilets???
.

Public toilets in Djibouti are not that common, and found mostly in restaurants in bigger cities and in airports, and toilet paper is often not provided. Open defecation is common, particularly among men.

Public toilets[edit]

A French speaking country, the local words for toilets include toilettes and WC, while the local word for toilet paper is Papier toilette, the word for men's toilet is hommes and the word for women's toilet is femmes.[1][2]

Public toilets can be found in restaurants in bigger cities.  They can also be found at airports.  Toilet paper is provided at the airport but not at restaurants.[3]

Open defecation is common, particularly among men.  Many private residences in rural areas lack their own toilets and instead have a community toilet used by several residences.[3]

Regional and global situation impacting public toilets in Djibouti[edit]

Main article: Public toilet

There are a lack of public toilets in East Africa.[4]

Public toilets, depending on their design, can be tools of social exclusion.[5] The lack of single-sex women's toilets in developing countries makes it harder for women to participate in public life, in education and in the workplace.[5] In developing countries, unisex public toilets have been a disaster because they make women feel unsafe and fail to consider local religious beliefs.[6] Across Africa, open defecation had social consequences.  These included loss of dignity and privacy.  It also put women at risk of sexual violence.[7]

An issue in developing countries is toilet access in schools.  Only 46% of schools in developing countries have them.[8] Many schools around the world in 2018 did not have toilets, with the problem particularly acute in parts of Africa and Asia.  Only one in five primary schools on earth had a toilet and only one in eight secondary schools had public toilets.[9] In developing countries, girls are less likely to attend school once they hit puberty if their school does not have adequate hygiene facilities.[10][11] 344 million children in sub-Saharan Africa did not have a toilet in their home in 2018.  The lack of toilet access put these children at risk of water borne diseases.[12]

There are generally two toilet styles in public bathrooms in Africa.  One is a traditional squat toilet. The other is a western style toilet with bowl and a place to sit.[13][14] Flush toilets are often only found in affluent areas of developing countries. [15] Only a few places tend to have flush toilets with toilet seats.  These include high end hotels and restaurants. Mid-range hotels and restaurants may have a toilet but no seat or may have a squat toilet.[16] Islamic teachings suggest using water for cleaning after using the toilet.[17] A popular item for Arab travelers to take with them on trips is a handheld portable bidet.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Spencer, Erika Hope. "Research Guides: France & French Collections at the Library of Congress: Sub-Saharan Africa". guides.loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  2. ^ "How to say where is the bathroom in French | An important guide". Berlitz. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Rachel Pieh (May 2016). "Around the World in Toilets". EthnoTraveler Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ^ South, David (2012-05-15). Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 2: Youth and Entrepreneurship: How youth and entrepreneurship can help in the push to meet the MDGs. DSConsulting.
  5. ^ a b Das, Maitreyi Bordia (19 November 2017). "The tyranny of toilets". World Bank. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ^ Coles, Anne; Gray, Leslie; Momsen, Janet (2015-02-20). The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-09478-3.
  7. ^ Reuters (2016-11-18). "Pakistan among 10 worst countries for access to toilets". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-10-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Fleischner, Nicki (21 November 2015). "Toilets by the numbers". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  9. ^ Associated Press (19 November 2018). "World Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation Crisis". VOA. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  10. ^ Drewko, Aleksandra (September 2007). Resource-Oriented Public Toilets in Oriented Public Toilets in Developing Countries: Ideas, Design, Operation and Maintenance for Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Hamburg: Hamburg University of Technology.
  11. ^ Human development report 2006 : beyond scarcity : power, poverty and the global water crisis. United Nations Development Programme. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2006. ISBN 0-230-50058-7. OCLC 82368388.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ Associated Press (19 November 2018). "World Toilet Day Highlights Global Sanitation Crisis". VOA. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  13. ^ Planet, Lonely; Ham, Anthony; Atkinson, Brett; Bainbridge, James; Butler, Stuart; Carillet, Jean-Bernard; Clammer, Paul; Corne, Lucy; Filou, Emilie (2017-11-01). Lonely Planet Africa. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-78701-147-2.
  14. ^ Planet, Lonely; Ham, Anthony; Bainbridge, James; Corne, Lucy; Fitzpatrick, Mary; Holden, Trent; Sainsbury, Brendan (2017-09-01). Lonely Planet Southern Africa. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-78701-240-0.
  15. ^ Drewko, Aleksandra (September 2007). Resource-Oriented Public Toilets in Oriented Public Toilets in Developing Countries: Ideas, Design, Operation and Maintenance for Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Hamburg: Hamburg University of Technology.
  16. ^ Burns, Cameron M. (2006). Kilimanjaro & East Africa: A Climbing and Trekking Guide. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-0-89886-604-9.
  17. ^ a b Ro, Christine (7 October 2019). "The peculiar bathroom habits of Westerners". BBC. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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