South Africa ranked as the most dangerous country in Africa for solo female travellers.
by Andile Sicetsha2019-07-16 10:05 in Lifestyle
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The Women’s Danger Index is a recent research report that measures the safety of female travellers who brave the atlas on their own.
It revealed that based on data gathered from international credible sources, including the World Economic Forum and the 2018 Gallop World Poll, South Africa is the worst country to visit of the top 50 international tourist destinations.
Women’s Danger Index 2019: The methodology
According to the authors of the Women’s Danger Index, Asher and Lyric Fergusson, South Africa’s poor ranking is the result of its scoring in eight determining factors that were observed in measuring the safety of each of the world’s top 50 tourist destinations.
“We ranked the 50 countries with the most international tourists to see which are the worst for women to visit, giving each a danger grade in each category as well as an overall index.
“Our ‘Women’s Danger Index’ was created using eight factors, giving more weight to street safety and international homicide (two points) over the other six categories (one point each).” Asher and Lyric Fergusson. Women’s Danger Index Report.
The eight determining factors observed for each of the 50 countries are:
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- Safe to walk alone at night
- Intentional homicide of women
- Non-partner sexual violence
- Intimate partner violence
- Legal discrimination
- Global gender gap
- Gender inequality index
- Violence against women attitudes
SA tops the list as worst for solo female travellers
South Africa topped three of the eight factors as the worst country in ‘women’s safety to walk alone at night‘, ‘intentional homicide of women‘, and ‘non-partner sexual violence‘.
Furthermore, with an index scoring of 771.82, our country topped the Top 50 international tourist destinations as the worst country for solo female travellers to visit in 2019.
Brazil, with an index scoring of 624.28 came in second and Russia ranked third and is the only European country in the Top 5.
These are the Top 10 countries listed on the Women’s Danger Index 2019, ranked from worst to best.
- South Africa — 771.82
- Brazil — 624.28
- Russia — 592.71
- Mexico — 576.05
- Iran — 553.11
- Dominican Republic — 551.32
- Egypt — 546.91
- Morocco — 542.75
- India — 541.25
- Thailand — 533.22
You can view the complete list right here.