13 Worst Countries for Women
I have previously written articles on The 13 Most Dangerous Countries in the World and The 13 Worst Countries for Christian Persecution. Today I would like to add 13 of the worst Countries for Women.
The following 13 were picked from the World Economic Forum's recent 2011 Global Gender Gap Report.
Ranking was done by measuring the gap between men and women on 14 variables in 4 key areas: women’s access to education; women’s health and survival by measures of life expectancy and sex ratio; economic participation and opportunity; and political empowerment.
The report ranks 135 countries. Here are the 13 bottom ranked countries for gender equality and the percentage of Muslims in that country:
| Country | Rank | % Muslim |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 123 | 90 |
| Syria | 124 | 74 |
| Iran | 125 | 99 |
| Nepal | 126 | 4 |
| Oman | 127 | 100 |
| Benin | 128 | 24 |
| Morocco | 129 | 98 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 130 | 38 |
| Saudi Arabia | 131 | 100 |
| Mali | 132 | 90 |
| Pakistan | 133 | 97 |
| Chad | 134 | 53 |
| Yemen | 135 | 99 |
If you are wondering what Muslims and gender inequality have to do with each other please allow me to point out that almost every Muslim country in the world is in the bottom half of the Global Gender Gap Report and has been so since the World Economic Forum began compiling these reports.
Unfortunately, the Gap Report is not comprehensive, it did not consider Somalia [100% Muslim], Afghanistan [99%], Iraq [97%], or the Sudan [70%], countries which happen to be the most dangerous in the world for women. My next Thursday 13 will rank the 13 Most Dangerous Countries in the World for Women.
This has been a Thursday 13 post [# 68] and is updated on some Thursdays.
