Ten Legal Scholars Propose to Increase Number of Female Restrooms Facilities per Building

• Author: Xu Fuying

In order to resolve the problems faced by “mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters” relating to the availability of bathroom facilities, a group of ten male attorneys and legal scholars wrote to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development to propose to raise the mandated ratio of female-to-male bathroom facilities per building. They proposed that the “Design Standards for Municipal Public Restroom Facilities” be amended to stipulate a minimum ratio of female-to-male...