We are used to the image of the average western woman as a confident and independent person, able to support herself.
The 21st century woman is powerful, strong-minded and self-made. Across the developed world, gender inequalities are being lessened. While there is still a long way to go until things are fair, giant strides are being made. She can go to boutiques, nightclubs, gyms, beauty salons and restaurants; get higher education, work in science and politics. But there are still plenty of places in the world where being a woman is considered almost a curse.
Here are the ten worst places to be a woman. There are about the billions of women yet to experience the perks of the cyber age? Women for whom violence, degradation, enforced ignorance and discrimination are an everyday fact of life.
No one country has successfully eliminated the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2016 Global Gender Gap Report, but developed countries are making great progress. Sadly, but predictably, it is the world’s poorest countries where women suffer the most. As Barack Obama said in a speech in Kenya last week, to fulfil its potential and compete in the global economy, a country needs to have its women educated and employed. Unsurprisingly, the disparity between men and women in terms of education, literacy and employment is among the world’s worst for the countries that make list.
While this article and video won’t change a thing for oppressed women worldwide, awareness is the first step. So here, in no particular order, are the 10 worst countries for women in 2016…
If you are living in a myth that in 21st century there no female oppression. This video will bust it and will drive you to give it a very serious thought.