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Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, which are available as separate reports. Scroll to: Report by the Independent Expert on access to safe drinking water and sanitation Visit undertaken from 18-23 April 2010 Issues raised: The hygiene implications of lack of access to water and sanitation are particularly serious. I heard numerous people explain how their children go to school but eventually drop out because they are ashamed of not being able to wash, therefore being teased by the other schoolchildren about their smell. Similarly, adults face difficulties in finding work when they have no opportunity to keep minimum standards of hygiene. Women face particular issues when they have their periods and expressed a feeling of shame for the conditions under which they have to practice their menstrual hygiene. ----------
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