Nigeria Ranks 9th Most Dangerous Country For Women – Report

Nigeria has been ranked as the ninth most dangerous country for women according to research by Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Nigeria, thanks to poor ratings in cases of sexual violence, cultural practices, and human trafficking made the list alongside India, seating at the apex, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Somalia.

This conclusion was drawn after the foundation reached out to 548 experts focused on women’s issues on health care, cultural practices, discrimination, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, and human trafficking Between March 26 and May 4, 2018, to conduct a global perception report to highlight the most dangerous countries for women.

At the end of the research Nigeria did not rank in healthcare, discrimination and non-sexual violence, but Nigeria ranked sixth for cultural practices that were harmful to women, like acid attacks, female genital mutilation, child marriage, forced marriage, stoning, physical abuse or mutilation as a form of punishment/retribution and female infanticide.

Nigeria also ranked 4th position in regards to sexual violence on women including rape as a weapon of war, domestic rape, rape by a stranger, the lack of access to justice in rape cases, sexual harassment and coercion into sex as a form of corruption.

Meanwhile, the U.S.A, came last on the list. Syria, Pakistan, and Yemen also, had bad records in the treatment of women.