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India wife flees home for no toilet

Anita Narre refused to go to her husband's home until he built a toilet. [Agencies]

Anita Narre refused to go to her husband's home until he built a toilet. [Agencies]


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A newlywed woman in a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has won her struggle to have a toilet at her husband's home, BBC reported.

Anita Narre left husband Shivram's home two days after her marriage in May last year because the house had no toilet.

She returned eight days later after Shivram, a daily wage worker, built one with savings and aid from villagers.

An NGO announced a US$10,000 reward for Narre for her "brave" decision and forcing her husband to build a toilet.

More than half-a-billion Indians still lack access to basic sanitation. The problem is acute in rural India and it is the women who suffer most. (点击BBC网站查看原文)

女子因家中无厕出走抗议

       在印度中央邦的一座小村里,一位新婚女子经过斗争,终于迫使丈夫在家里安上了厕所。

       据英国广播公司报道,去年五月,因为婆家没有厕所,安妮塔·娜丽与丈夫什乌拉姆结婚后两天就离开了。

       八天后,身为按日计酬工的什乌拉姆用自己的积蓄,在村民的帮助下建好了厕所,娜丽这才回来。

       某非政府组织宣布要奖励娜丽1万美元,以表彰她的勇敢决定及其迫使丈夫建厕所的行为。

       据悉,印度有5亿多人缺乏基础卫生设施,在乡下更是严重,女性所遇不便尤甚。

(China.org.cn February 16, 2012)

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