Brief Outline: The Congress president Rahul Gandhi was highly vocal to prove that India is most Dangerous Country For Women he twitted that India leads in rape & violence against women.
Facts Check: False / Fake
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While our PM tiptoes around his garden making Yoga videos, India leads Afghanistan, Syria & Saudi Arabia in rape & violence against women. What a shame for our country!
While our PM tiptoes around his garden making Yoga videos, India leads Afghanistan, Syria & Saudi Arabia in rape & violence against women. What a shame for our country! https://t.co/Ba8ZiwC0ad
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 26, 2018
Thomson Reuters report is based on global perception poll of experts in women’s issues conducted by Thomson Reuters Foundation to find the 10 most dangerous countries for women.
India was named as the most dangerous country for women in the poll released on, 2018.
The 10 countries are –
- India
- Afghanistan
- Syria
- Somalia
- Saudi Arabia
- Pakistan
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Yemen
- Nigeria
- USA
Facts Check Analysis: The news started after Thomson Reuters Foundation survey published this report and ranked India as the world’s most dangerous country for women. Only god knows how they came to this conclusion. Based on the company survey of 2011.
Rahul Gandhi left no opportunity on this occasion to comment against India and the BJP government. He tweeted in the sync
While our PM tiptoes around his garden making Yoga videos, India leads Afghanistan, Syria & Saudi Arabia in rape & violence against women. What a shame for our country! https://t.co/Ba8ZiwC0ad
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 26, 2018
However this was refuted by the the National Commission for Women (NCW), saying that the report represented a sample size was small and not representative of the country. It looks like Thomson Reuters Foundation, have no other source to publicize its content and itself.
Acting Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma rejected the survey report, saying the sample size was small and could not be representative of the whole country, PTI reported.
National Commission for Women rejects report on India being the most dangerous country for women https://t.co/BF4WGaJyM0
— NCW (@NCWIndia) June 26, 2018
The Maneka Gandhi-led Ministry of Women and Child Development also rejected the findings of the survey, according to NDTV.
Women and Child Development Ministry rejects Thomson Reuters Foundation survey about India being the most dangerous country in the world for women
— NDTV (@ndtv) June 26, 2018
So indeed the report is fake and cannot be trusted.
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