Women In Low And Middle-Income Countries

Being born female is dangerous to one’s health for many women in low and middle-income countries. Many of these countries many of these women are discriminated by there gender role. There are in risk of getting breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and uterine cancer. In many of the these low and middle income countries many of these female are not allowed to get medical service unless they get permission from their husband. In lot of these low and middle-income countries they’re not any safe working environments. Some of these low-income countries girls are feed less than boys. In some societies like India and china male children are treated well then female children. In many of these low-income countries some of these young girls are force into marriage. Also some girls don’t get that much education as boys do. …show more content…
HIV and AIDs are the leading cause of death for women. Women are exposed to HIV infections because of biological factors and gender-based inequalities. In some cultures women do not have the knowledge of HIV and having safer sex to prevent these infections. Some of these low and middle-income countries there are lack of birth controls and unsafe sex. These results can lead to unsafe abortions, unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections like HIV, and complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Violence against women includes sexual assault and rape. These violence act against these women to lead to unwanted pregnancies, depression, sexually transmitted diseases, and permanent disability of death. In India many women are being gang raped and also the honor killings in Pakistan at women. These are my reason why being born female is dangerous because women are not given advantage as men do. Many people think women are weak and easier to control them and tell them what to