The research was based on a survey of 550 experts on women’s issues and criteria included healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual/non-sexual violence and human trafficking.
Ending violence against women in India was made into a national priority after a student was raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi five years ago. Experts have now said that the country is not moving fast enough to eradicate danger to women with rape, sexual harassment/harassment and female infanticide still continuing at alarming levels.
The war-ravaged countries of Afghanistan and Syria came second and third in the study while number 10 is certainly a surprising addition.
According to experts, the United States makes the top-10 list of the most dangerous countries for women due to the #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns dominating newspaper headlines and media coverage for months.