Survey Says India Ranks Very Low in Treatment of Women

Among 165 countries, India ranks at 141 in the treatment of women, finds survey.

In the "Best and Worst Places for Women" analysis of Newsweek published in its September 26 edition, determining "which countries offer women the most expansive rights and the best quality of life", Iceland (No. 1), Sweden, Canada, Denmark and Finland ranked at top five, while Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan and Chad (number 165) were at the bottom.

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Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on Saturday, said that world still needed to do a lot for women as even the best rated country Iceland, which scored 100 out of 100; got 88 in economics, 90.5 in health, 92.8 in politics and 96.7 in education.

India's overall score was only 41.9 out of 100; with only 14.8 in politics, 54 in justice, 60.7 in economics, 64.1 in health and 64.9 in education. Even Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and China, besides many other countries, ranked higher than India.

The Philippines is the only Asian country in the top 20, placed at no. 17.

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Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued that although India was on track to become a global power, but her new power and prosperity had remained evasive for many, especially women.

Despite economic miracle, women in India continued to face inequalities in opportunities, which blocked them from fully participating in the growth process. It was blight on a country, which prided herself on having joined the league of hottest growth economies.

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"We needed to empower our women in India; provide them better treatment under the law, better access to health-education-politics, and more opportunities for workplace participation; and open up more economic potentials for them," said Zed.

Quoting scriptures, he pointed out that ancient Manusmriti said: "Where women are revered, there the gods are pleased; where they are not, no rite will yield any fruit." Number of Rig-Veda (oldest existing scripture of Hinduism) hymns were said to be composed by women, and Aditi, who was sometimes referred as "mother of the gods", found mention in Rig-Veda as a goddess.

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Source-ANI