® This article is recent (26/04/11) and it´s about the best and the worst places to be a woman. This study was carried out in 165 countries.
® We chose this article because we are women and we want to stand up for women’s rights.
The first best place for a woman to live in is ICELAND:
® The overall score is 100 – Great conditions in every sector
® They have a female president
® This tiny nation protects women´s rights a lot
® The levels of justice, health, education and politics are over 90 (in a scale of 0-100) and the level of economics are 88 which means that this country has very good living conditions.
The second best place for a woman to live in is SWEDEN:
® Each parent gets 16 months fully paid leave
® The overall score is 99,2%
® And the five factors are classified over 90 (justice, health, education, politics and economics).
On the other hand, the first worst place to be a woman is CHAD:
® It is a country in Central Africa. Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, the country is sometimes referred to as the “Dead heart of Africa”
® Women have almost no legal rights
® Many marriages are arranged when girls are eleven and twelve years old.
® The overall score is 0!
® The levels of health and education are 0, as well!
The second worst place to be a woman is AFGHANISTAN:
® More than 25% of women give birth with no medical help
® Afghanistan has the world´s highest rate of maternal mortality
® Compared to Sweden, women in Afghanistan hardly have any access to health , justice, healthcare, education,…
Catarina Sousa and Joana Serralheiro, 11ºH
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ReplyDeleteI think this article it´s very interesting for all of us, womens,know where we can live better and worst and in which conditions!
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