Guess Which Country Is Best For Women?

The Thomson Reuters Foundation's legal news service, TrustLaw, found that India is the worst place for a woman to be while Canada was shown to be the best. Made up of 370 gender experts, the group concluded that Canada's access to health care and its protections against violence toward women created a more egalitarian nation than seen in some European countries and the US. India, on the other hand, is plagued by infanticide, child marriage and slavery. America, incidentally, didn't make the top five, coming in after Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Australia and France. A total of 19 countries were included.

Sarah Degnan Kambou, president of the International Center for Research on Women in Washington, which participated in the poll, told TrustLaw that “Canada leads the pack with its promotion of women’s access and opportunities across various sectors of society, including education, economic participation and health care.”

The survey questions assessed gender equality in the G20 countries from six categories: quality of health, freedom from violence, participation in politics, workplace opportunities, access to resources and freedom from trafficking and slavery.