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Thomson Reuters Foundation Survey: India Is World's Most Dangerous Country For Women
Thomson Reuters Foundation Survey: India Ranked World's Most Dangerous Country For Women Safety- Details, Reason, Highlights
According to Thomson Reuters Foundation survey, India is the world's most dangerous country for women.
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labor, and honor killing according to a poll of global experts.
As per the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey report, Afghanistan ranked second and Syria ranked third considering of about 548 experts on women's issues, followed by Somalia (4th Rank); Saudi Arabia (5th Rank); Pakistan (6th Rank); Democratic Republic of Congo (7th Rank): Yemen (*th Rank): Nigeria (9th Rank) and the United States of America on 10th Rank.
The parameters used for this survey were access to health, sexual violence, non-sexual violence including domestic, physical and mental abuse, lack of access to economic resources, human trafficking and the continuation of cultural practices including child marriage, genital mutilation and acid attacks.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thomson Reuters Foundation is the London-based charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, a Canadian global information and news network.
Founded: 1982
CEO: Monique Villa
