Participation in the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 76
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A positive lesson in people's agency can be learned from community-led total sanitation, which relies on a community's capacity for collective action to end open defecation. The approach challenges the dominance of "expert" solutions and subsidies, focusing instead on reflection and behaviour change through mobilization. It looks beyond the individual to create open defecation-free communities. Facilitators engage the community in analysing the implications of open defecation on health, dignity and women's security. The process usually succeeds in making clear that unless the entire community uses latrines, everyone is affected.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation