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The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Adebayor1(m): 7:59pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
The image of the 21st century woman is confident, prosperous, glowing with health and beauty. But for many of the 3.3 billion female occupants of our planet, the perks of the cyber age never arrived. As International Women's Day is celebrated today, they continue to feel the age-old lash of violence, repression, isolation, enforced ignorance and discrimination. "These things are universal," says Taina Bien-Aime, executive director of New York-based Equality Now. "There is not one single country where women can feel absolutely safe." In spite of real progress in women's rights around the globe – better laws, political participation, education and income – the bedrock problems that have dogged women for centuries remain. Even in wealthy countries, there are pockets of private pain where women are unprotected and under attack. Some countries, often the poorest and most conflict-ridden, have a level of violence that makes life unbearable for women. Richer ones may burden them with repressive laws, or sweep the problems of the least advantaged under the carpet. In any country, refugee women are among the most vulnerable. 1 Afghanistan: The average Afghan girl will live to only 45 – one year less than an Afghan male. After three decades of war and religion-based repression, an overwhelming number of women are illiterate. More than half of all brides are under 16, and one woman dies in childbirth every half hour. Domestic violence is so common that 87 per cent of women admit to experiencing it. But more than one million widows are on the streets, often forced into prostitution. Afghanistan is the only country in which the female suicide rate is higher than that of males. 2 Democratic Republic of Congo: In the eastern DRC, a war that claimed more than 3 million lives has ignited again, with women on the front line. Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them unprecedented. Many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way of escape. 3 Iraq: The U.S.-led invasion to "liberate" Iraq from Saddam Hussein has imprisoned women in an inferno of sectarian violence that targets women and girls. The literacy rate, once the highest in the Arab world, is now among the lowest as families fear risking kidnapping and rape by sending girls to school. Women who once went out to work stay home. Meanwhile, more than 1 million women have been displaced from their homes, and millions more are unable to earn enough to eat. 4 Nepal: Early marriage and childbirth exhaust the country's malnourished women, and one in 24 will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Daughters who aren't married off may be sold to traffickers before they reach their teens. Widows face extreme abuse and discrimination if they're labelled bokshi, meaning witches. A low-level civil war between government and Maoist rebels has forced rural women into guerrilla groups. 5 Sudan: While Sudanese women have made strides under reformed laws, the plight of those in Darfur, in western Sudan, has worsened. Abduction, rape or forced displacement have destroyed more than 1 million women's lives since 2003. The supporter of APC militias have used systematic rape as a demographic weapon, but access to justice is almost impossible for the female victims of violence. 6 Guatemala: The impoverished female underclass of Guatemala faces domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub- Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages. 7 Mali: One of the world's poorest countries, few women escape the torture of genital mutilation, many are forced into early marriages, and one in 10 dies in pregnancy or childbirth. 8 Pakistan: In the tribal border areas of Pakistan women are gang-raped as punishment for men's crimes. But honour killing is more widespread, and a renewed wave of religious extremism is targeting female politicians, human rights workers and lawyers. 9 Saudi Arabia: Women in Saudi Arabia are treated as lifelong dependents, under the guardianship of a male relative. Deprived of the right to drive a car or mix with men publicly, they are confined to strictly segregated lives on pain of severe punishment. 10 Somalia: In the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a vicious civil war has put women, who were the traditional mainstay of the family, under attack. In a society that has broken down, women are exposed daily to rape, dangerously poor health care for pregnancy, and attack by armed gangs. "While the potential of women is recognized at the international level," says World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan, "this potential will not be realized until conditions improve – often dramatically – in countries and communities. Too many complex factors, often rooted in social and cultural norms, continue to hinder the ability of women and girls to achieve their potential and benefit from social advances." source www.feministezine.com/feminist/international/Ten-Worst-Countries-for-Women.html 4 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by eemalex(m): 8:16pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Africa countries be ruling worst countries since Independence 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Samiceman: 8:17pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Modified; 4 Likes |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:17pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Naija is not on that list.. 1 Like |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:17pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
In Summary, Islamically dominant countries ain't Life friendly at all. TMan 129 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Wolison(m): 8:18pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Hmm, I can't read that epistle cos of it's extensive nature; in b/w, using the heading, am able to sum up that this thread is feminine related and it's of no way a concern to me cos na Abu mu NWOKE!!!!! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by chlowi(f): 8:18pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Austindark(m): 8:18pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
na wa o chai.... dat first photo on circumcision gat me crazy pls let dem stop doing it on matured girls na tank God say Nigeria noh dey o |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by MizzD: 8:18pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Just the poster's post and this is already on the front page This thread go hot, no doubt sha.. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by barackodam: 8:19pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Where's naija 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:19pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Ok |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Dreyl(m): 8:19pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Chai! Pathetic! 1 Like |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by olaeffect(m): 8:19pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
wow Women fight for your right ooo. You need to stand up and be a man (sorry be a woman), just be what you want to be. 1 Like |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Ifelove1(m): 8:19pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Ok |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
They don't know that if there were no women on earth living would have been hell. Hypocrites! As if they don't like kpekus 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Guykhena(m): 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
The Whole of the Middle-East..... 21 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by venorite(m): 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Wow, things dey happen ooo |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Wetin concern me 1 Like
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Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
Not surprised at all 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by saxwizard(m): 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
fp again today sorry I did not read the post I will com bak later I just hv to comment 1st smiles 1 Like |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by captaindelicious(f): 8:20pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
most of the countries mentioned above are either those that had or are having conflict/violence issues... This should be a lesson to our nigerian youths #2015 the first pic aint right though 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by pinkshell(f): 8:21pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
You need to see the way my eyes bulgded @ d 1st pic. Wickedness in high places. #Tufiakwa. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by tunshe: 8:22pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
A list from biased minds! Placing Saudi Arabia on that list is a very wrong submission. Because Saudi Arabia refuses to allow women mix freely with men? They would have been delisted if they allowed men Bleep women like dogs on streets like here in the US? A society that caters for women needs, why must a woman drive when male drivers, husband or relatives can take them out when they wish? Is driving a car the priority or getting to your destination? I see this as a respect to women rather than marginalisation. Thumbs up to Saudi Arabia for treating women as the most valuable being. Update See what majority of Saudi Arabia women think (PLEASE READ); http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/02/saudi-protest-driving-ban-not-popular 67 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by O0XYGEN: 8:22pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
nigeria should be number 1. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:22pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
MrIknowAll: NIGERIA Adebayor1: hmmm OkekeChristian: Women! captaindelicious: lol olaeffect: wow sunnyshayne: . Ifelove1: Ok chlowi: TrollMan: TMan. spectramissile: ok Booking Space since 21BC Mod oya bring cane 30 Likes |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Eyop: 8:22pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
@ that first pic,wat are those men doing to the girl 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by OkekeChristian(m): 8:23pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
O daughters of Eve! Without them, the world would be boring; with them, the world is full of trouble! Yet, they are not objects of caricature. This is uncanny. |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:23pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
:oSomalia??I even thought they treat their women like goddesses,you should see how vain the women are and the way their men brag about them being the most beautiful in africa.,that's sad tho!#respect women cos y'all men came from women too! 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Dexpro: 8:23pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
That first pix bad gidigan ooooo |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Adebayor1(m): 8:23pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
hmmm |
Re: The Ten Worst Countries For Women by Nobody: 8:23pm On Sep 06, 2014 |
NIGERIA.. Though I am d last, but I successfully made front page 3 Likes 1 Share |
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