Which are the world's 10 most dangerous countries for women? US #10, only western country on list

[niyad]

Which are the world's 10 most dangerous countries for women?



LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India was named as the world’s most dangerous country for women in a survey of global experts released on Tuesday.
Seven years ago a Thomson Reuters Foundation experts' survey found the five most dangerous countries for women were seen to be Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia. This year we set out to see if the situation had changed. We wanted to find out whether more was being done to address the overall risks faced by women, and specifically regarding healthcare, access to economic resources, customary practices, sexual violence, non-sexual violence and human trafficking. We expanded our poll to the 10 most dangerous countries with some surprising results.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues ranked war-torn Afghanistan and Syria in second and third place, with Somalia and Saudi Arabia next. The survey was a repeat of a similar poll in 2011 which ranked the most dangerous countries for women as Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia. It asked which five of the 193 United Nations member states were most dangerous for women and the worst for healthcare, economic resources, traditional practices, sexual and non-sexual abuse, and human trafficking.



Here is the list of the 10 countries ranked as the most dangerous for women by the survey, conducted between March 26 and May 4:

1. INDIA - Tops the list, with levels of violence against women still running high, more than five years after the rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi sparked national outrage and government pledges to tackle the issue.

India ranked as the most dangerous on three issues – the risks women face from sexual violence and harassment, from cultural and traditional practices, and from human trafficking including forced labor, sex slavery and domestic servitude.

2. AFGHANISTAN - Second in the list, with experts saying women face dire problems nearly 17 years after the overthrow of the Taliban.
l violence, which includes conflict-related violence as well as domestic abuse. Joint third with the United States on the risks women face of sexual abuse.

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10. UNITED STATES - The only Western nation in the top 10 and joint third with Syria for the risks women face in terms of sexual violence, including rape, sexual harassment, coercion into sex and a lack of access to justice in rape cases. The survey came after the #MeToo campaign went viral last year, with thousands of women using the social media movement to share stories of sexual harassment or abuse.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-dangerous-poll-factbox/factbox-which-are-the-worlds-10-most-dangerous-countries-for-women-idUSKBN1JM01Z

[Karadeniz]

1. Pathetic. Domestic violence and easy guns, lethal.

[niyad]

2. but the nra whines that DV perpetrators should not have their guns taken away--after all, it is ONLY

a little domestic violence.

[JDC]

3. The NRA will say this is exactly why women need more guns

It is a circular plan for them.

[IronLionZion]

4. The NRA's solution to every problem is more guns

Couples can have domestic shootouts instead

[StarryNite]

5. It doesn't help having

a misogynist for president.

[niyad]

6. that is the truth!!

[matt819]

7. RW extremists can't wait for the day. . .

when they can whip out their foam fingers and shout, "We're Number 1!" With such competition as Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia, it could be tough going, but the RWers won't rest until America heads that list.

[AllyCat]

8. Unacceptable. We are like a 3rd World country.

And I use the term on purpose. Any country that treats women like this is “3rd world”. Has nothing to do with developing.

[MosheFeingold]

9. I question the methodolgy

There is zero chance the USA is worse than Mexico or most of the Central American Countries.

Or Haiti, which is not on list.

Note, I am not saying there is not a problem in the USA. But compared to migrants being raped repeatedly in Mexico? Not even close.

[Ollie Garkie]

11. Me too

I really have to question this. We're not Sweden, but we're sure as hell not the Congo or even remotely close either.

[niyad]

12. do you have a spare pair of rose-coloured glasses you can pass on?

you can look up the methodology, and question them if you like.

[MosheFeingold]

13. The problem is

They surveyed 550 "experts" -- but declined to say who these experts are or what means was used to pick this sample. There are a number of stories from India, in particular, that criticizes the ability to crack this black box.

Nor any idea how the categories are weighted.

And just looking at rape figures, the per capita figures for rape for 2010 (I could not locate anything newer) the rates are: India – 1.8 (per 1,00,000 population); Germany – 9.4; the UK – 17; Norway – 19.2; the US – 27.4; Sweden – 63.5.

You would think Sweden would show up with that kind of sexual assault rate.

Again, I am not remotely saying there is not a problem with women's issues in the USA (or anywhere), just that this study appears to just be a subjective poll. It is impossible to tell if it adhered to any sort of meaningful scientific standards.

[Hekate]

10. What a distinction