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Response to women's safety poll has been typically sexist and myopic; report should be studied, not vilified

Closer home in India, the joke hits home. A perception study recently conducted by Thomson Reuters Foundation that maps India as the most unsafe country for women, has become the subject of much debate.

Thomson Reuters Foundation survey labelling India most dangerous country for women behind Pakistan, Syria is nonsense

No one disagrees that every act of violence against women is a matter of great shame for all 1.2 billion Indians. But to be labelled the world's most dangerous country for women ahead of Pakistan, Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria — according to a study by the Thomson Reuters Foundation — and all the other 193 countries in the United Nations is a load of crock.

India ranked world's most dangerous country for women in recent study; Afghanistan, Syria and Somalia complete top 4

In the Thomson Reuters Foundation study, India was named the world's most dangerous country for women, even behind Afghanistan, Congo, Pakistan and Somalia.

Poll ranks Delhi as worst megacity for sexual abuse: It's difficult to link perception with actual crime rates

What if you live in a place where ‘women’s safety’ perceptions are just as heated as they are about Delhi?

Violence against women: Delhi, Sao Paolo named worst megacities in world; London, Paris, Tokyo the safest

Delhi was paired with Brazil's Sao Paulo as the world's worst megacities for sexual sexual harassment and violence against women in a survey

More than half of users online get news from social media

Social media has emerged as a leading source of news among online users who increasingly access it on their smartphones