India Ranked Worse Country For Women: Recent Report

India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of experts shows.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation released its results Tuesday of a survey of 550 experts on women’s issues, finding India to be the most dangerous nation for sexual violence against women, as well as human trafficking for domestic work, forced labor, forced marriage and sexual slavery, among other reasons.

It was also the most dangerous country in the world for cultural traditions that impact women, the survey found, citing acid attacks, female genital mutilation, child marriage and physical abuse. India was the fourth most dangerous country for women in the same survey seven years ago

.Nine of the 10 countries on the list were from Asia, the Middle East or Africa. At number 10 was the United States, the only Western country to be included. The foundation said this was directly related to the #MeToo movement.

Syria, where a war has raged for more than seven years, ranked third on the list.

The country is considered the second-most dangerous in terms of sexual violence and access to healthcare.

Syria also tied for third with the United States in terms of sexual violence and harassment.The Thomson Reuters Foundation held a similar survey seven years ago and found in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India, and Somalia to be the five most dangerous countries for women.