By Asmita Sarkar:
According to a World Bank report, India is among the top five emerging economies. It is also among the top five dangerous countries for women. According to a Thomson Reuters Foundation report, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Congo feature on this list. The six critical issues looked at were health, discrimination, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural and trafficking.
The data reveals a dismal state of affairs in the five countries, all of which belong to South Asia or Africa, and are emerging or underdeveloped economies. While 95% girls between the age of 4 and 11 suffer from genital mutilation in Somalia, 50 million women have gone missing due to infanticide and foeticide in India; 87% of Afghan women are still illiterate. In Pakistan, 90% women are victims of domestic abuse; In Congo, 1152 women are the victims of sexual violence every day!
Via Hyperakt.
Ashly
The article is good coverage, but it is based on 2011 survey. Since I wanted to check up on original source for research purpose, the study showed 2011 so I think the year should be mentioned when it is being shown or cited again to avoid confusion in data.
The Game
People who come up with these fake reports (western media) need to look in their own backyard. Nevertheless, India is the most dangerous country for men to live in,
53% domestic violence cases are false
75% rape cases are false
98% dowry cases are false
Every 6 minutes a man commits suicide in India
Where is equality when men have to spend a lifetime earning for women, seats on buses are reserved for women, men are thrown in jail over dubious claims of rape and dowry, when men are ridiculed for complaining about domestic violence from wives, when the law does not recognize female on male rape, when there are special quotas for women in universities and colleges, when lifeboats are reserved for women, when seats are reserved for women in metros, when men are the ones who have to propose, when family courts are biased against men, when women receive lighter sentences for the same crimes committed by men, most dangerous jobs are worked by men, men have to pay alimony, men must pay lacs in dowry in the form of jewellery and clothes – want to talk about your double standards?