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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 23360006" data-attributes="member: 218596"><img src="http://saudigazette.com.sa/uploads/images/2018/06/26/898174.jpg.pagespeed.ce.zcpqQ44GFM.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />India is the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high  risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labor, according to a  poll of global experts released on Tuesday.War-torn Afghanistan  and Syria ranked second and third in the Thomson Reuters Foundation  survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues.Seizing the  opportunity, India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack  on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday after the poll found the  country was seen as the most dangerous for women in the world, calling  it a “shame”.“What a shame for our country!” said the Congress party chief.Bollywood  director Alankrita Shrivastava, whose last film “Lipstick Under my  Burkha” was lauded for its examination of women and sexuality, posted  the poll findings on Twitter.“The history of our society is  entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny,” she said, urging the country to  think again about its treatment of women.“We discriminate  against women, there is female feticide, there are unequal laws to  property inheritance, no pay parity ... These are deep rooted issues.”Indian  actor Jaaved Jaaferi wrote on Twitter: “And the winner is ... India the  most dangerous country to be a woman, survey shows”.The only  Western nation in the top 10 was the United States, 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 that found experts saw Afghanistan,  Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia as the most  dangerous countries for women.Experts said India moving to the  top of poll showed not enough was being done to tackle the danger women  faced, more than five years after the rape and murder of a student on a  bus in Delhi made violence against women a national priority.“India  has shown utter disregard and disrespect for women... rape, marital  rapes, sexual assault and harassment, female infanticide has gone  unabated,” said Manjunath Gangadhara, an official at the Karnataka state  government.“The (world’s) fastest growing economy and leader in space and technology is shamed for violence committed against women.”Government  data shows reported cases of crime against women rose by 83 percent  between 2007 and 2016, when there were four cases of rape reported every  hour.The survey asked respondents which five of the 193 United  Nations member states they thought were most dangerous for women and  which country was worst in terms of healthcare, economic resources,  cultural or traditional practices, sexual violence and harassment,  non-sexual violence and human trafficking.Respondents also  ranked India the most dangerous country for women in terms of human  trafficking, including sex slavery and domestic servitude, and for  customary practices such as forced marriage, stoning and female  infanticide.India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development declined to comment on the survey results.Experts  said the surprise addition of the United States in the top 10 most  dangerous countries for women came down to the #MeToo and Time’s Up  campaigns against sexual harassment and violence that have dominated  headlines for months.“People want to think income means you’re  protected from misogyny, and sadly that’s not the case,” said Cindy  Southworth, executive vice president of the Washington-based National  Network to End Domestic Violence.“We are going to look back and  see this as a very powerful tipping point ... We’re blowing the lid off  and saying ‘#Metoo and Time’s Up’.”The poll of 548 people was  conducted online, by phone and in person between March 26 and May 4 with  an even spread across Europe, Africa, the Americas, South East Asia,  South Asia and the Pacific.Respondents included aid  professionals, academics, healthcare staff, non-government organization  workers, policy-makers, development specialists and social commentators.  — Thomson Reuters Foundation</blockquote>

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