Poll ranks India the world's most dangerous country for women A survey of global experts puts Afghanistan and Syria in second and third place, with the US the only western nation in the top 10
Poll ranks India the world's most dangerous country for women A survey of global experts puts Afghanistan and Syria in second and third place, with the US the only western nation in the top 10 India is the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts. Afghanistan and Syria ranked second and third in a Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of 548 experts on women’s issues, followed by Somalia and Saudi Arabia. The only western nation in the top 10 was the US, which ranked joint third when respondents were asked where women were most at risk of sexual violence, harassment and being coerced into sex. The poll was a repeat of a survey in 2011 , in which experts saw Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia as the most dangerous countries for women. Experts said India moving to the top position showed not ...