Best & Worst States - Women in the States (2024)

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What is the best and worst state for women's rights? ›

Our new and comprehensive measure of women's rights and opportunities in the United States reveals vast differences across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with Massachusetts at the top, scoring almost four times better than Louisiana at the bottom.

BOSTON - March is Women's History Month and there's no better place in the country for women than Massachusetts, according to a recent ranking.

States ranking for women's health care and safety in the U.S. in 2024. As of 2024, Massachusetts was ranked as the best state in the United States for women's health care and safety, followed by New Jersey and New York.

1) Denmark

Nordic countries usually come out on top for measures related to gender equality, and the GII is no exception. Denmark has the best GII score based on the most recent data (2021), at 0.013.

A recent study by SmartAsset which looked at the latest trends in marriage and singlehood across 118 U.S. cities concluded that Birmingham ranked among the cities with the most single women compared to men. Birmingham's transformation into a haven for single women can be attributed to a combination of factors.

Iceland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, and Sweden are considered to be the five best countries for women. But there are other countries that also frequently score well in the rankings created by the WEF, the UNDP, and the like.

Uttar Pradesh maintained the highest total number of CAW incidents (65,743), with a slightly increased percentage of 14.77% in 2022. Following Uttar Pradesh, the states with the next highest proportions of CAW in 2022 were Maharashtra, accounting for 10.18%, and Rajasthan, with 10.12% of the total cases.

Where do women have the least rights? ›

According to the Gender Inequality Index (GII) 2022, Yemen was the least gender equal country in the world. The Gender Inequality Index measures inequality in achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.

1. Murrieta, California. Among the cities with smaller populations, Murrieta is among the safest for women not just in the state of California, but in the country as a whole, with low violent crime and property crime rates across the board.

Washington state has the highest quality of life in all 50 states. The state has no income tax, a thriving job market, and great international business opportunities.

In addition to Oregon, the top ten jurisdictions include California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington. The South and Midwest fare the worst on the reproductive rights composite index.

A new study has revealed the U.S. states where it is much harder to be a woman than a man. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma have the greatest level of gender inequality, according to a new paper in PLoS ONE.

The lower gender base country is Yemen. lower gender base state Himachal Pradesh (72.9) topped on gender equality, while Bihar (13.5) ranked at the bottom.