WPUK Bath, fascinating & important speech by Clara Greed, Professor of Inclusive Urban Planning specialist in toilet provision with particular emphasis upon women's needs.

Hello - thanks for this. The lack of public toilets in general (and its effect on mothers specifically as well as people with disabilities and parents with young children) has been creeping up our agenda a bit recently - we'll certainly point it out where we can when we're talking about this issue

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Confirmed all my suspicions - historically, women to date still have only secured roughly half the provision of men's toilets generally, and for the last decade that under-provision has been undermined further by lazy councils and organisations rebadging women's toilets as unisex/gender neutral with no impact assessment on women. Some councils & organisations have rebranded unsafe dirty, toilets eg in dark underpasses etc., as unisex and then claimed women's needs are catered for

Many women suffer from "The Bladder's Leash" - their accessibility to an everyday life restricted by suitable, safe, clean toilet provision. It occurs to me this really should be included in your campaigns for treating urinary incontinence and POP MNHQ - @RowanMumsnet- would you review if there's anywhere in your campaigns for including women's accessibility to sufficient numbers of women-safe, suitable toilets?

I recall working at a new building where a wise man had recognised at the planning stage the need to have sufficient toilet provision for women employees - and there were acres of space for women. It was a delight going to the toilet! Equally, men got reduced provision as per their numbers. There was no riot or complaint. This is not rocket science but again a lack of basic fairness and justice.

Great insightful entertaining 15 min talk by Clara Greed.. who reminded us that there is a UN statute recommending single-sex toilet provision for women, and especially girls, and it does apply to the UK.

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WPUK Bath, fascinating & important speech by Clara Greed, Professor of Inclusive Urban Planning specialist in toilet provision with particular emphasis upon women's needs.