The Worst Places to Be a Mother

This Mother's Day, it would be worth spending a minute or two praying for those mothers, who work just as hard as ours but don't get the flowers and 'thank you's they deserve.

A Save the Children survey puts Afghanistan as the worst place to be a mother - though I disagree and would put the Democratic Republic of Congo - also on the list - in that spot.

Norway tops the list owing to healthy sex-ratios, best male-female wage ratios and enviable maternity leave policies. The United States fares worst of all industrialized nations because of its poor policies towards expecting mothers.

Here is the full FP Photo essay featuring the 10 worst places to be a mother: Afghanistan, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Yemen, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan, Central African Republic.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/06/the_worst_places_to_be_a_mother?page=0,0