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Friday, November 5, 2010

India worst in gender equality in South Asia - UN report

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Though the international media has been bombarding Pakistan with their nonsensical propaganda campaign for years, when it comes to gender inequities, India is ranked worse than Pakistan. In fact, the country fares lower than all other countries in South Asia. These are the findings of the 2010 Human Development Report released by the United Nations Development Program on Thursday as per its Gender Inequality Index.

While Pakistan may be in the Zionist News Network (both local as well as international) for its treatment of women and might have become a hot bed for international women’s activism, it certainly seems to know how to take care of its mothers better. On maternal mortality, India, with its abysmal record, trails Pakistan.



Reproductive health is the largest contributor to the inequality index. The other indicators, based on which it is calculated, include women’s participation in the labour force, their level of empowerment based on educational attainment and parliamentary representation.

Indian shodar mothers

For maternal mortality, the figure for Pakistan is 320 deaths per 100,000 live births. In India, the corresponding figure stands at 450 per 100,000 live births. The country also falters on adolescent fertility rate, another indicator of reproductive health. As per this data, in India the adolescent fertility rate is 68 births per 1,000 live births as compared to 45 births per 1,000 live births in Pakistan. The figures illustrate that Pakistan have fewer younger mothers. However, India has been really found wanting on the health front.

Pakistani mother being rescued by Army volunteers from flood affected area

Globally, India ranks 122 among 138 countries for which the gender inequality measure has been calculated. What is disconcerting is that the indicators are not moving despite the Indian government being well aware of the problems and even after adopting corrective measures as in the case of maternal mortality and improving sex ratios.

On the education front, at secondary and higher level, too, India needs to move fast to remove the disparity. While 50% men are covered at this level, for women, this figure stands at a mere 27%. The measured indicators are not the only concern. Involvement and efforts of women in a number of areas go unaccounted due to lack of data. The inclusion of such factors can make the picture even bleaker. Time use, access to assets and domestic violence are just some of the aspects that are missing. Despite all the "Shining India" media campaign, physically these facts can't be practically negated. The Zionist media network inside as well a outside Pakistan always dodges the truth and that is, Pakistani mothers are much more safe and cared for as compared to the rest of South Asian mothers.

A Pakistani mother showing her love to an Army volunteer



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