One.org has revealed new report titled "Poverty is Sexist" for the year 2016, which lists the hardest countries for women to grow up. Unveiled ahead of Women's day, the report was topped by African countries, which observed the highest mortality rate during childbirth and a low average of other criteria necessary for women to thrive in a country. Niger led the list followed by Somalia and Mali.
The report was published on Monday by ONE and included compiled information from 166 nations around the world. The report also comprised statistical data like Gross Domestic Product per capita, girls' school attendance, their access to bank accounts, women's paid jobs compared to men, mortality rate during childbirth, involvement in politics and dominance of diseases like anaemia, Independent reported.
Not surprisingly, the 20 hardest countries for women were also the poorest ones, 18 were categorized as "Least Developed Countries" by the UN while 13 countries suffer "Fragile Situations," according to the World Bank. Niger, Somalia and Mali topped the list, essentially going through all aforementioned challenges.
Likewise, Central African Republic was placed on 4rth, the Yemen Republic on 5th, Congo on 6th and while one would assume Afghanistan as the toughest regime, it failed to push African countries behind and was indexed at the 7th. Pakistan ranked 11th on the list.
According to the report, Scandinavian countries were the most suitable places for females to be born where Norway, Sweden and Denmark served as ideal societies for the growth of the women. The United Kingdom secured 152th place, marking it as 15th most friendly places on Earth for Women based on the fact that the descending order of the list accounted for the most women-hospitable countries.
Other top ten countries to best their support for women include Iceland, Finland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Belgium. The map below is a visual representation of easiest and toughest countries for girls, where red indicates prosperous countries for the women.
The report also highlighted ten criteria that can help curb the issues of poverty and disease that predominantly affect women. The report also emphasized that job opportunity and improved nutrition should be the prime focus for women's development.
YouTube Channel Top Lists have made their own compilation of ten worst countries for women in this video.