EXCLUSIVE – India most dangerous country for women with sexual violence rife – global poll

By Belinda Goldsmith and Meka Beresford

LONDON, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India is the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.

War-torn Afghanistan and Syria ranked second and third in the Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of about 550 experts on women’s issues, followed by Somalia and Saudi Arabia.