A propaganda survey done by Thomson Reuters Foundation became viral recently. It showed India as the most dangerous country for women, more dangerous than Afghanistan, Syria & Somalia 😂.
Most dangerous countries for women, 2018.1. India2. Afghanistan3. Syria4. Somalia5. Saudi Arabia6. Pakistan7. DR Congo8. Yemen9. Nigeria10. United States(Thomson Reuters)— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 3, 2018
Here's the methodology that the survey followed
We contacted 548 experts focused on women’s issues including aid and development professionals, academics, health workers, policymakers, non-government organisation workers, journalists, and social commentators.
So Reuters foundation contacted 548 crackpot feminists and asked them their 'perception' of the state of women in various countries. Emotions, not data. Pure propaganda. With this you can also figure out the kind of anti India and anti Hindu propaganda being discussed in feminist circles.
Let's compare actual sexual violence data from various western countries and India
First, let us look at rape rates from crimes reported to cops. India ranks as 94th highest rape rate country with 1.8 rapes per 100,000 citizens. USA is 14th with 27.3, Australia 11th with 28.6, Germany 43rd with 9.4 and so on as per data compiled by Nationmaster
The common complaint against this type of comparison is that reporting rates are low in India and hence this comparison is invalid. This is true, underreporting is not factored into this comparison. However, all countries have sex crimes under reported. For example, underreporting in India is anywhere between 85% to 99%. Under reporting in USA is anywhere between 60% to 80%.
Then there are other issues which make it difficult to compare these numbers. India doesnt recognize marital rape, USA does. In India, men can be charged for rape even if sex was consensual but 'under the false pretext of future marriage'. Countries like sweden count multiple crimes for the same victim if the crime occurs over many days, which is not true for USA or India.
Hence, we must look elsewhere for a just comparison. We have just that thing.
Data from nationwide surveys
Best method to compare sexual violence rates across countries is from nationwide surveys (face to face or telephonic) where women are asked specific relevant questions directly.
Relevant survey reports for our purpose are:
1. United States - National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) 2015 - US Govt. CDC
5758 women aged 18+ from all 50 US states were interviewed using standardized questionnaire. This makes it a standardized nationwide survey. For a female population of 158 million, the confidence interval is 1.3% with 95% confidence level. Which means that if 16% of interviewed women said they were raped in their lifetime, one can can be 95% sure that the actual american percentage for all women lies between 14.7% and 17.3%.
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| Source: NISVS survey 2015: Lifetime victims of rape in USA numbers 25.5 million ie. 16.1% of 158 million female population |
2. European Union - EU wide FRA survey 2012
42000 women aged 18-74 from EU member states were asked questions on sexual violence faced through face to face interviews. This makes it a EU representative sample. For a female population of 260 million, the confidence interval is 0.63% with 99% confidence level. This means that if 11% of surveyed EU women said they were raped in lifetime, one can be 99% sure that between 10.37% and 11.63% of all EU women were actually sexually coerced.
Denmark is at 19%, France 15%, Germany 12%, UK 14%, EU average is 11%.
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| FRA - Sexual violence against Women Survey 2012 |
3. India - National Family Health Survey 4 2015-2016
83000 women aged 15-49 from all states were asked questionnaires through face to face interviews. This makes it a nationwide representative sample. For a female population of 645 million, the confidence interval is 0.45% with 99% confidence level. This means that if 6% of surveyed Indian said they were sexually assaulted in lifetime, one can be 99% sure that between 5.55% and 6.45% of all Indian women were actually sexually coerced.
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ONLY 5.8% INDIAN WOMEN REPORTED BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, COMPARED TO 16% AMERICAN AND 11% EU WOMEN
It is also pertinent to note that between 2005-2006 and 2015, women who reported being sexually assaulted has fallen from 8.5% to 5.8%. (NFHS3 and NFHS4)
FRA Survey and NFHS sexual violence survey questionnaires compared
The administered questionnaires are identical
CONCLUSION
INDIA IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY FOR WOMEN, AT LEAST AS FAR AS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS CONCERNED.
Sexual violence in india is also falling rapidly. Please rely on ground data, not 'perceptions' of crackpot feminists. Feminists lose their jobs if they opine that there is no large scale systematic issue - they lie to keep their jobs and keep funds coming.
Update: Please note - Indian survey surveyed 15-50 year olds. US survey surveyed 15-75 year olds. EU survey surveyed 18-75 year olds. However, as we are dealing with percentages, this womnt change indian overall % much. Even if we consider 50-75 year olds have lifetime rape rate of 15%, the overall percentage will change from 5.8% to 7.2%.
