Right to pee by vjti mumbai (electrical department)

Right to pee campaign

1. RIGHT to PEE

2. 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 ”.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Demands of ‘RTP’ Demands includes 16.5% of the sanitation budget for ‘ right to pee’ . If there is gents toilet then there should be ladies toilet too. Ladies attender. Women should not be charged for using toilets.

9. Ha-PEE DIWALI

10. Please Support ‘Right to Pee’ Campaign Thank You