Research : Egypt, Cairo Emerges RISKIEST Megacity For Women To Live In... Full List Here 👇

Cairo was named on Monday as the most dangerous megacity for women by an international Media poll.

Women’s rights experts said that the treatment of women in the Egyptian capital has worsened since a 2011 uprising seeking social change.

Cairo came out worst when the Media asked experts on women’s issues in 19 megacities how well women are protected from sexual violence, harmful cultural practices and about access to healthcare and finance.

Women’s rights campaigners and commentators said women in Cairo faced daily harassment while a weakened economy and high unemployment since the uprising had eroded economic opportunities for women and seen health services deteriorate.

“The economy has become so bad in the last two, three years that we are suffering a setback in the thinking that women’s issues are not a priority,” said Omaima Abou-Bakr, co-founder of Women and Memory Forum, a non-government organisation set up to fight misconceptions of Arab women.
(Reuters)






Lagos state has ranked eight worst megacity for women tolive in, London is the best, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation in thefirst poll of its kind, while Cairo is the world’s mostdangerous megacity for women.


Kishasha in the Democratic Republic of Congo is listed asthe second-worst city for women. A total of 19 so-called megacities - definedas cities with populations of 10 million people or more - were surveyed.


Key factors used in the ranking are sexual violence, harmfulcultural practices, plus access to good healthcare, finance and education.


"Everything aboutthe city is difficult for women. Even a simple walk on the street, and they aresubjected to harassment, whether verbal or even physical." the poll said.