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Women's fight for toilets in rural Pakistan

The lack of toilets is a particular problem for women, who brave the risks to relieve themselves at night under the cover of darkness. [Courtesy]

For as long as she can remember, Ayeesha Siddiqua has fought her male relatives for access to toilets -- but a sanitation drive by new premier Imran Khan could make life easier for women in patriarchal Pakistan.

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