# 1 France: 10,277
# 2 Germany: 7,292
# 3 Russia: 6,208 2009
# 4 Sweden: 4,901 2009
# 5 Argentina: 3,276 2008
# 6 Belgium: 2,786 2009
# 7 Philippines: 2,585 2009
# 8 Spain: 2,437 2009
# 9 Chile: 2,233 2009
# 10 Lesotho: 1,878 2009
# 11 Poland: 1,611 2009
# 12 Japan: 1,582 2009
# 13 New Zealand: 1,308 2009
# 14 Kazakhstan: 1,298 2009
# 15 Israel: 1,243 2009
# 16 Sudan: 1,189 2009
# 17 Morocco: 1,130 2009
# 18 Romania: 1,016 2009
# 19 Norway: 944 2009
# 20 Finland: 915 2009
# 21 Kenya: 735 2009
# 22 Czech Republic: 529 2009
# 23 Canada: 491 2009
# 24 Hungary: 489 2009
# 25 Cameroon: 447 2008
= 26 Ireland: 396 2009
= 26 Denmark: 396 2009
# 28 Mongolia: 354 2009
# 29 Portugal: 317 2009
# 30 Kyrgyzstan: 303 2009
= 31 Moldova: 262 2009
= 31 Bulgaria: 262 2009
# 33 Belarus: 240 2009
# 34 Greece: 218 2008
# 35 Croatia: 188 2009
# 36 Oman: 183 2009
# 37 Lithuania: 164 2009
# 38 Estonia: 160 2009
# 39 Slovakia: 152 2009
# 40 South Africa: 113.5 2002
# 41 Latvia: 100 2009
# 42 Guinea: 92 2008
# 43 Australia: 91.6
# 44 Egypt: 87 2009
# 45 Sierra Leone: 79 2009
# 46 Swaziland: 76.1
# 47 Mauritius: 69 2009
# 48 Iceland: 68 2009
= 49 Luxembourg: 57 2009
= 49 Slovenia: 57 2009
# 51 Solomon Islands: 56 2009
# 52 Jamaica: 50.8 2000
# 53 Suriname: 45.2 2004
# 54 Zimbabwe: 40 2006
# 55 Bahrain: 36 2009
# 56 Cyprus: 34 2009
# 57 United States: 30.2 2006
# 58 Nicaragua: 27.6 2006
# 59 Barbados: 27 2000
# 60 Azerbaijan: 25 2009
# 61 Panama: 24.1 2006
# 62 Papua New Guinea: 24 2000
# 63 Peru: 20.8 2006
= 64 Armenia: 19 2009
= 64 Malta: 19 2009
# 66 El Salvador: 18.7 2006
# 67 Belize: 15.3 2006
# 68 Namibia: 15.1 2002
# 69 Korea, South: 13.3 2006
# 70 Mexico: 12.8 2006
# 71 Ecuador: 11.2 2006
# 72 Costa Rica: 11 2006
# 73 Uruguay: 9.8 2000
# 74 Maldives: 9 2009
# 75 Netherlands: 8.7 2006
= 76 Austria: 8.5 2006
= 76 Switzerland: 8.5 2006
# 78 Thailand: 8 2006
# 79 Bolivia: 7.8 2006
# 80 Italy: 7.7 2006
# 81 Bangladesh: 7.5 2006
= 82 Brunei: 7.4 2006
= 82 Sri Lanka: 7.4 2006
# 84 Paraguay: 6 2006
# 85 Malaysia: 5.2 2000
# 86 Macedonia, Republic of: 5.1 2006
# 87 Colombia: 4.7 2000
# 88 Georgia: 3.8 2006
# 89 Guatemala: 3.3 2000
# 90 Tunisia: 3.2 2002
# 91 Liechtenstein: 3 2009
# 92 Zambia: 2.9 2000
# 93 China: 2.8 2000
# 94 Singapore: 2.7 2006
# 95 Turkey: 2.5 2006
# 96 Ukraine: 2.1 2006
# 97 Uganda: 2 2004
= 98 Jordan: 1.9 2006
= 98 Côte d'Ivoire: 1.9 2000
= 100 India: 1.7 2006
= 100 United Arab Emirates: 1.7 2006
# 102 Qatar: 1.6 2004
= 103 Albania: 1.5 2006
= 103 Algeria: 1.5 2006
= 105 Serbia and Montenegro: 1.1 2006
= 105 Tajikistan: 1.1 2006
= 105 Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.1 2006
# 108 Nepal: 0.8 2006
# 109 Indonesia: 0.7 2000
# 110 Syria: 0.6 2006
= 111 Burma: 0.5 2002
= 111 Lebanon: 0.5 2006
= 111 Turkmenistan: 0.5 2006
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# 114 Yemen: 0.4 2000
# 115 Saudi Arabia: 0.3 2002
# 116 Pakistan: 0 2000 [/COLOR]
NationMaster - Time Series > Crime > Rapes > Pakistan
LONDON: Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the worlds most dangerous countries for women due to a barrage of threats ranging from violence and rape to dismal health care and honour killings, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll showed on Wednesday.
India and Somalia ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in the global perceptions survey by Trust Law, the Foundations legal news service.
Trust Law asked 213 gender experts from five continents to rank countries by overall perceptions of danger as well as by six risks: health threats, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural or religious factors, lack of access to resources and trafficking.
Following are key facts on each of the five countries, ranked in order of danger.
1. Afghanistan
Beleaguered by insurgency, corruption and dire poverty, Afghanistan ranked as most dangerous to women overall and came out worst in three of the polls key risk categories: health,non-sexual
violence and economic discrimination.
* Women in Afghanistan have a one in 11 chance of dying in childbirth.
* Some 87% of women are illiterate.
* 70-80% of girls and women face forced marriages.
2. Congo
Still reeling from a 1998-2003 war and accompanying humanitarian disaster that killed 5.4 million, Democratic Republic of Congo ranked second due mainly to staggering levels of sexual violence.
* About 1,150 women are raped every day, or some 420,000 ayear, according to a recent report in the American Journal ofPublic Health.
* The Congolese Womens Campaign Against Sexual Violence puts the number of rapes at 40 women a day.
* 57 pct of pregnant women are anaemic.
3. Pakistan
Those polled cited cultural, tribal and religious practices harmful to women, including acid attacks, child and forced marriage and punishment or retribution by stoning or other physical abuse.
* More than 1,000 women and girls are victims of honour killings every year, according to Pakistans Human Rights Commission.
* 90% of women in Pakistan face domestic violence.
4. India
Female foeticide, child marriage and high levels of trafficking and domestic servitude make the worlds largest democracy the fourth most dangerous place for women, the poll showed.
* 100 million people, mostly women and girls, are involved in trafficking in one way or another, according to former Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta.
* Up to 50 million girls are missing over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide.
* 44.5% of girls are married before the age of 18.
5. Somalia
One of the poorest, most violent and lawless countries, Somalia ranked fifth due to a catalogue of dangers including high maternal mortality, rape, female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.
* 95% of women face FGM, mostly between the ages of 4 and 11.
* Only 9% of women give birth at a health facility.
Pakistan ranks 3rd on list of most dangerous countries for women – The Express Tribune
LOL LOOK AT PAKISTAN RANKING IN 2000 and now LOOK AT THE CHANGE JUST IMAGINE IF ZARDARIS GOVT RMAIN FOR NEXT !0 years what will happen sad
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SHAME.
Well said.....