With violence against women becoming rampant in the country, the safety of women has become a matter of grave concern.
Logic cannot really deduce what provokes alleged perpetrators to impregnate a child or even rape a 100-year-old woman for that matter.
In such a situation, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has released a Gender Vulnerability
Index, complied by Plan India that ranks states in India, in terms of the level of safety that they promise to women.
The index aims to identify the status of Indian women with regard to education, health, poverty and protection.
According to the study, Goa has been rated as the safest state for women, with a GVI (Gender Vulnerability Index) score of 0.656. It has ranked first in terms of protection, fifth for education, sixth for health and survival and eighth for poverty.
On the other hand, Bihar was found to be the most unsafe state for women, with a GVI score of 0.410.
Women are believed to be the most vulnerable in the state, less healthy and poorer, as compared to other states in the country. The state also ranked the lowest in terms of education and protection.
Bihar was preceded by Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, with GVI score of 0.436 and 0.434 respectively.