Human Rights & Internal Conflict: Places

Iceland

best country for gender equality (but still not equal)

Afghanistan

worst country for gender equality, ruled by Taliban

Saudi Arabia

country that recently allowed women to drive, mingle with men in public, attend sporting events, travel, keep custody of their children. However, women still have male guardians

China

country with a large gender imbalance that has led to human trafficking when men purchase brides from other countries

Iran

country that had large protests over hijabs (head scarves) when a young woman died in the custody of the morality police

Cuba

country that has a legislature with more than 50% women (also true of Bolivia and Rwanda)

Rwanda

country where more than 800,000 people were killed in a genocide in 3 months in 1994

Belgium

country that colonized Rwanda

USSR

country that occupied Afghanistan from 1979-1989

Cambodia

country with a genocide after the Holocaust (along with Bosnia and Sudan)

South Africa

country with system of apartheid from 1948 - 1994

Egypt

first Arab country to recognize Israel (in Camp David Accords)

United Kingdom

country that controlled area of Palestine from 1918-1948

Israel

country that declared its independence in 1948 after it accepted the UN Partition Plan

Syria

country that lost Golan Heights to Israel in the Six Day War in 1967

Jerusalem

city that is sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians