Being a girl can be tough but in some places it can also be traumatic and even deadly.
Each year, the United Nations takes a close look at the lives of females around the world and ranks 177 countries accordingly. The list, called the Gender Development Index, provides a snapshot of how being born female affects a person’s education, health and quality of life.
Here are some of the reasons Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Niger and Mali as countries where it is most difficult to be a girl.
This post was written by bullets on June 2, 2008
