Saturday, December 21, 2013

Religion & Women's Rights

Countries in red and orange have the largest differences between men and women's rights. The map comes from the World Economic Forum and Caitlin Dewy of the Washington Post summarized what she thought were the seven most ridiculous restrictions.  For example, in Yemen women cannot leave their house without their husband's permission and in Morocco rape victims can be charged with crimes.

And here is a summary of the top most gender equal countries from the World Economic Forum.

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