Banka, MehulJoshi, PratimaKale, Smita2023-05-232021-03-052021-03-052021-03-05https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/49121Through this paper we explore women’s vulnerability during sanitation activities and the impact that household toilets have on women’s safety-related concerns. This study covers 4 cities in the state of Maharashtra– Pune, Pimpri- Chinchwad, Thane, and Kolhapur - where Shelter Associates has provided many slum households with toilets under its One Home One Toilet (OHOT) programme. A good part of the programme’s intention is to offer women an alternative to using their existing, inadequate public sanitation facilities, a problem that was highlighted during discussions with slum women themselves. Shelter Associates is a Maharashtra-based NGO established in 1993 that provides low cost sanitation and housing to slum residents.women safetysanitationopen defecationwomen healthAfricana StudiesAppalachian StudiesCurriculum and Social InquiryEcology and Evolutionary BiologyEnvironmental DesignEnvironmental EngineeringEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental LawEnvironmental StudiesFeminist, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesOther German Language and LiteratureRisk AnalysisTechnical and Professional WritingUrban, Community and Regional PlanningWater Resource ManagementWomen's StudiesOther