Worst Countries For Women:Afghanistan,Congo,Pakistan,INDIA
Worst Countries For Women: Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan,India And Somalia
A poll was released today by a legal news service run by the  Thomson Reuters Foundation. The organization is called Trustlaw, and the poll marked the launch of a women section dedicated to global news and information on women s rights and legal rights( or the lack of it). Trustlaw asked 213 gender experts worldwide to pick the world s most dangerous countries for women
From rape to domestic violence,to lack of healthcare and education, millions of women experience daily peril. But nowhere more than in the five countries a Trustlaw expert poll identified as the world most dangerous countries to be a female in 2011: Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia, quoted Trustlaw .
The 213 gender rights experts evaluated several critical factors in the poll methodology. The six key risks in question were: sexual violence; non-sexual violence; cultural or religious factors; discrimination and lack of access to resources; trafficking.
1.Afghanistan
87 percent of women are illiterate;
one in eleven Afghan woman s has a chance of dying in child birth;
70 percent to 80 percent of Afghan women face forced marriage.
2-Congo
1,152 women are raped every day;
57 percent of pregnant women are anaemic;
women cannot sign legal documents without their husbands authorization.
3-Pakistan
More than 1,000s women and girls are victim of honour killings every year;
90 percent of women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes;
women earn 82 percent less than men.
4-India
50 million girls were killed in the past century in the practice of female infanticide or foeticide;
around 100 million women and girls are estimated to be victim of human trafficking;
44.5 percent of girls are married before the age of 18.
5.somalia
95 percent of girls face genital mutilation mostly between the ages of 4 and 11;
only 7.5 percent of parliament seats are held by women;
only 9 percent of women give birth in a health facility.
A poll was released today by a legal news service run by the  Thomson Reuters Foundation. The organization is called Trustlaw, and the poll marked the launch of a women section dedicated to global news and information on women s rights and legal rights( or the lack of it). Trustlaw asked 213 gender experts worldwide to pick the world s most dangerous countries for women
From rape to domestic violence,to lack of healthcare and education, millions of women experience daily peril. But nowhere more than in the five countries a Trustlaw expert poll identified as the world most dangerous countries to be a female in 2011: Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia, quoted Trustlaw .
The 213 gender rights experts evaluated several critical factors in the poll methodology. The six key risks in question were: sexual violence; non-sexual violence; cultural or religious factors; discrimination and lack of access to resources; trafficking.
1.Afghanistan
87 percent of women are illiterate;
one in eleven Afghan woman s has a chance of dying in child birth;
70 percent to 80 percent of Afghan women face forced marriage.
2-Congo
1,152 women are raped every day;
57 percent of pregnant women are anaemic;
women cannot sign legal documents without their husbands authorization.
3-Pakistan
More than 1,000s women and girls are victim of honour killings every year;
90 percent of women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes;
women earn 82 percent less than men.
4-India
50 million girls were killed in the past century in the practice of female infanticide or foeticide;
around 100 million women and girls are estimated to be victim of human trafficking;
44.5 percent of girls are married before the age of 18.
5.somalia
95 percent of girls face genital mutilation mostly between the ages of 4 and 11;
only 7.5 percent of parliament seats are held by women;
only 9 percent of women give birth in a health facility.
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