South Africa has been deemed the most dangerous country in the world for solo women travellers to visit - but America is the worst in the West. These include whether or not women feel safe to walk alone at night, homicide rates and gender inequality. The study, by travel bloggers Asher and Lyric Fergusson, found South Africa was the worst for violence against women by non-partners, homicides, and how safe women feel walking alone at night. The eight factors were: Safe to walk alone at night?, intentional homicide of women, non-partner sexual violence, intimate partner violence, legal discrimination, global gender gap, gender inequality and violence against women attitudes. 'A lot on our list, such as attitudes toward partner violence, may not affect solo female travellers directly, but these factors are a good indication of overall attitudes within the culture.'

Source: Daily Mail July 16, 2019 15:34 UTC