Women & girls bear more of the consequences of poor sanitation, as they are the ones who fetch water, care for the children & other household members who fall sick from water related diseases. In addition, girls’ school attendance is affected by time spent travelling long distances to drinking water sources. Girls and women need greater privacy for personal hygiene than men. In absence of private sanitation facilities, women limit their food and water intake so they can relieve themselves under cover of darkness; yet these night time trips to fields put them at risk of physical attack and rape.