The annual poll of women's-rights organizations in the Arab Middle East and Arab Africa by the Thomson Reuters Foundation ranks the Comoros Islands first and Egypt last.
The poll found that 99.3% of Egyptian women experience sexual harassment and 91% are subject to sexual violence.
The statistics strongly suggest that the Arab Spring has had an adverse effect on women throughout the Arab World.
The rankings:
1 Comosos Islands
2 Oman
3 Kuwait
4 Jordan
5 Qatar
6 Tunisia
7 Algeria
8 Morocco
9 Libya
10 UAE
11 Mauritania
12 Bahrain
13 Djibouti
14 Somalia
15 Palestinian Territories
16 Lebanon
17 Sudan
18 Yemen
19 Syria
20 Saudi Arabia
21 Iraq
22 Egypt
An interactive map outlining each country above is available HERE
The poll found that 99.3% of Egyptian women experience sexual harassment and 91% are subject to sexual violence.
The statistics strongly suggest that the Arab Spring has had an adverse effect on women throughout the Arab World.
The rankings:
1 Comosos Islands
2 Oman
3 Kuwait
4 Jordan
5 Qatar
6 Tunisia
7 Algeria
8 Morocco
9 Libya
10 UAE
11 Mauritania
12 Bahrain
13 Djibouti
14 Somalia
15 Palestinian Territories
16 Lebanon
17 Sudan
18 Yemen
19 Syria
20 Saudi Arabia
21 Iraq
22 Egypt
An interactive map outlining each country above is available HERE
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