Ten Dangerous and Worst Countries for Women
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VIVA – Women around the world are more vulnerable to discrimination, gender inequality, non-violence, sexual violence, and more. According to the United Nations, some 87,000 women are killed globally by those closest to them, with an average of six women being killed per hour.
In fact, many countries in this world are dangerous for women's rights. Like one of India. According to a survey by The Thomson Reuters Foundation, India is in the first position as the worst country in the world for women. Here’s complete information on some of the most dangerous and worst countries in the world in 2022 for women.
1. India
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India occupies the first position as the worst country for women. India was ranked as the most dangerous country for women in three issues; Cultural traditions, sexual violence, and human trafficking.
Domestic violence in India is endemic and widespread, especially against women. Around 70% of women in India are victims of violence including; Rape, marital rape, sexual assault and harassment, cultural and traditional practices, and human trafficking including forced labor, sex slavery, and many more.
2. Afghanistan
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In Afghanistan, women's rights were stripped nearly 17 years after the overthrow of the Taliban. Gender-based violence often happens, more than 80% of women are illiterate, and many die in childbirth.
The average Afghan woman will only live to be 45 years old. After three decades of war and repression, large numbers of women remain illiterate in Afghanistan. Afghan girls are also discouraged, sometimes fatally, from seeking education and Afghan rape victims may be forced, by law, to marry their attackers.
More than half of all brides are under 16 years old, and one woman dies in childbirth every half hour. Most, up to 85 percent, of women in Afghanistan give birth without medical care. It is a country with the highest maternal mortality rate in the world.
