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snuggels
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 Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 17:07:54
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TrustLaw asked 213 gender experts from five continents to rank countries by overall perceptions of danger as well as by six risks: health threats, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural or religious factors, lack of access to resources and trafficking.
Following are key facts on each of the five countries, ranked in order of danger.
1. AFGHANISTAN
Beleaguered by insurgency, corruption and dire poverty, Afghanistan ranked as most dangerous to women overall and came out worst in three of the poll's key risk categories: health, non-sexual violence and economic discrimination.
* Women in Afghanistan have a one in 11 chance of dying in childbirth.
* Some 87 pct of women are illiterate.
* 70-80 pct of girls and women face forced marriages.
2. CONGO
Still reeling from a 1998-2003 war and accompanying humanitarian disaster that killed 5.4 million, Democratic Republic of Congo ranked second due mainly to staggering levels of sexual violence.
* About 1,150 women are raped every day, or some 420,000 a year, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Public Health.
* The Congolese Women's Campaign Against Sexual Violence puts the number of rapes at 40 women a day.
* 57 pct of pregnant women are anaemic.
3. PAKISTAN
Those polled cited cultural, tribal and religious practices harmful to women, including acid attacks, child and forced marriage and punishment or retribution by stoning or other physical abuse.
* More than 1,000 women and girls are victims of "honour killings" every year, according to Pakistan's Human Rights Commission.
* 90 pct of women in Pakistan face domestic violence.
4. INDIA
Female foeticide, child marriage and high levels of trafficking and domestic servitude make the world's largest democracy the fourth most dangerous place for women, the poll showed.
* 100 million people, mostly women and girls, are involved in trafficking in one way or another, according to former Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta.
* Up to 50 million girls are "missing" over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide.
* 44.5 pct of girls are married before the age of 18.
5. SOMALIA
One of the poorest, most violent and lawless countries, Somalia ranked fifth due to a catalogue of dangers including high maternal mortality, rape, female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.
* 95 pct of women face FGM, mostly between the ages of 4 and 11.
* Only 9 pct of women give birth at a health facility.
* Only 7.5 pct of parliament seats are held by women.
Sources: AlertNet (http://www.trust.org/alertnet), U.N. agencies, IRIN News, American Journal of Public Health, World Bank, Gender Index, Human Rights Watch, International Centre for Research on Women.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 18:28:01
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| Snuggles,do you really expect a discussion on this posting ? |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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snuggels
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Posted - 17 Jun 2011 : 01:32:59
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| Maybe the abuse of the hard working women in Gambia |
Edited by - snuggels on 17 Jun 2011 01:34:24 |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Jun 2011 : 18:12:48
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Why not?
I think that strategic and systematic rape and sexual abuse in war should be treated as crime against humanity. Once these wars have ended the perpetrators responsible for planning, issuing and implement such atrociousness should be under no illusion that will be called by the International court to face charges.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 22 Jun 2011 : 18:21:25
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| Sister O I agree again, BUT I feel that snuggles posted 5 big sections and "systematic rape and sexual abuse in war " was only a small section of the 5 points he invited discussion on,which appeared to me in the most part to deal with "cultural" aspects of the countries mentioned. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Jun 2011 : 20:57:46
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Point taken I suppose my focus zoomed in on sexual war crimes because I have been raising issues on this subject on my blog. I feel in generally in all of the above cases the status of poor women is considered a low priority and is reinforced with archaic belief systems about the value of women and needs to be counteract through education and women's empowerment.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 23 Jun 2011 : 02:05:49
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Bravo, well said.    |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 23 Jun 2011 02:06:41 |
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