User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Tajikistan

Some public toilets in Tajikistan are makeshift. One in the northern part of the country near the Afghanistan border is five feet tall, has material for torn three walls, a metal roof and is little more than a hole in the ground inside. It requires people to step over poop in order to enter it. People also need to be careful of deadly snakes and rats entering or already being inside the toilet. There is no toilet paper, but locals use the material on the walls to wipe their anus areas. According to Graham Askey, author of Toilets of the Wild Frontier, this toilet ranked as one of the worst public toilets in the world.

In many places in rural Asia, having toilets in a house is considered unclean. As a result, toilets are often located outside the main building for a residence or people practice open defecation because of a lack of toilet access in their homes.

Toilet paper and flush toilets were introduced relatively recently in many parts of Asia. They often are not found in public toilets, and may only be found in hotels catering to international guests and wealth clients.

Toilets can often be found on more modern long distance buses in Asia. For shorter trips or on older buses, they are much less common. Where toilets are not available on long distance buses, buses often make stops for toilet breaks. Sometimes the stops are in open fields.

Many youth hostels and hotels catering to backpackers in Asia do not provide toilet paper.

Many countries that used to belong to the Soviet Union require payment to an attendant to access. The money is then used to defray the cost of cleaning and maintenance. The fee does not go towards providing services in the public toilet.

Public toilet access around the world is most acute in the Global South, with around 3.6 billion people, 40% of the world's total population, lacking access to any toilet facilities. 2.3 people in the the Global South do not have toilet facilities in their residence. Despite the fact that the United Nation made a declaration in 2010 that clean water and sanitation is a human right, little has been done in many places towards addressing this on a wider level.