Image copyright Getty Images Image caption In parts of India, defecation in the open fields is common 
 
 An Indian woman has been granted permission to divorce her husband because he would not build a toilet in their home. 
 
 The woman in her 20s had been married for five years, but had been forced to relieve herself in nearby fields. 
 
 Indian law only allows divorce in limited circumstances such as domestic violence or proven cruelty. 
 
 The woman's lawyer told the AFP news agency that the judge said forced open defecation was a form of torture. 
 
 The court, in the state of Rajasthan, said that women are often forced to wait until dark to travel to the open fields used instead of toilets. 
 
 A report carried by the Times of India quoted the court's judgement as saying: "We spend money on buying tobacco, liquor and mobile phones, but are unwilling to construct toilets to protect the dignity of our family. 
 
 "In villages, women have to wait until sunset to answer nature's call. This is not only physical cruelty but also outraging the modesty of a woman." 
 
 Indian media said the woman had filed for divorce in 2015. 
 
 Urination and defecation in open fields is common in parts of rural India. The government has set a goal to provide every household with a toilet by 2019, but the work has been met with some resistance. 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The villagers in India who run away from toilets 
 
 Women's safety and discomfort is a key reason for the investment, as many are forced to travel to the fields during the hours of darkness. 
 
 Even where toilets have been built, many do not use them, despite the spread of diseases associated with faeces. 
 
 Last year, Unicef estimated that about half the population of India do not use toilets. 

 AJMER: A 24-year-old woman has divorced her husband for not constructing a toilet at home in what is perhaps the first such case in the country . A family court in Bhilwara said the absence of a toilet amounted to “cruelty“ against the wife as it allowed the marriage to be dissolved on Friday .Married in 2011, the woman moved the court in 2015, saying that despite repeated requests, her husband didn't construct a toilet or bathroom at home, forcing her to defecate and bathe in the open.She also had to wait until dusk to go out to the fields to relieve herself, which she felt undermined her dignity. But her husband said he found his wife's demand for a toilet unusual as most women in his village defecate in the open. The woman's family hadn't raised the issue of toilet construction at the time of marriage, he alleged. Treating the absence of a toilet at home as “cruelty“ akin to “outraging the modesty of a woman“, as she is compelled to defecate in the open, the court allowed the marriage to be dissolved, two years after she had filed the divorce petition.“We spend money on buying tobacco, liquor and mobile phones, but are unwilling to construct toilets to protect the dignity of our family . In villages, women have to wait until sunset to answer nature's call. This is not only physical cruelty but also outraging the modesty of a woman,“ the court observed.The development comes at a time when the government is running a crusade against open defecation under the `Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'. 

 Five Facts about Poop in India 
 
 Toilets and poop aren’t often subjects of discussion, or blogs for that matter, but they are major global issues. India is the country that has the largest amount of people who don’t use toilets – and all that poop is causing some very serious problems. Something big is about to change in India – UNICEF is working to spark a new social movement for toilets, and it’s going to make a big splash. 
 
 Before we reveal what it’s all about, here are five facts about poop in India to get to started. 
 
 Using toilets can save lives. 
 
 When people don’t use toilets, kids are exposed to poop in their environment, and they can pick up diseases like diarrhoea, which kills almost 400 children under five in India every day. 
 
 A stadium of poop 
 
 Every day, around 100,000 tons of poop end up in the open — an amount that would fill London’s Wembley stadium. 
 
 A thought to po(o)nder: 
 
 Half the population in India, around 564 million people, do not yet use a toilet. Instead, they go out in the open. 
 
 
 
 A movement to end all (public) movements. 
 
 Ending “open defecation” (when people go in the open) is not just about access to toilets, it’s about generating a demand for them and making sure they are used. So UNICEF India are starting a social movement, Team Swachh, to end public movements. 
 
 Ending open defecation is more than a number 2 priority. 
 
 That’s why Team Swachh is dedicated to making number two’s everyone’s number one in India during this year’s T20 World Cup and beyond. 
 
 Read about children and cricket teaming up for a cleaner India 
 
 Angus Ingham works with the Brand team at UNICEF HQ. He wrote this while on mission in India.
– An Indian woman can divorce her husband because he refused to install a toilet in their home, the BBC reports, with a judge in the northwestern state of Rajasthan finding on Friday that forced outdoor defecation is a form of torture and that the woman, who is in her 20s, has a right to a toilet. The judgment noted that women in Indian villages often "wait until sunset to answer nature's call. This is not only physical cruelty" but a violation of "the modesty of a woman," per the Times of India. It can also be dangerous after dark. Outdoor defecation in India is a major health threat that has prompted a government campaign to ensure an indoor toilet in every household by 2019. The woman's husband said an indoor toilet was not an issue when the couple married five years ago. But the woman's lawyer said he refused repeated demands, prompting her to file for divorce two years ago. The judge noted that people spend money "buying tobacco, liquor and mobile phones, but are unwilling to construct toilets to protect the dignity of our family." Calls to install toilets have been met with resistance in India by people who consider them unnecessary and expensive. One local official made headlines last year when he told men to "sell their wives" if they can't afford a toilet, per Indian Express. About 564 million people, half the population of India, defecate in the open, producing some 100,000 tons of feces daily that can cause disease, per Unicef. Diarrhea kills about 400 Indian children under 5 each day. (A TV reporter was charged after pooping on someone's lawn.)