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March 11, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal and no associated activities criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? In June 2019 Cyprus passed a law to make it illegal to buy sex from someone who has been trafficked. It is unclear from sources how a trafficking victim is defined in the legislation. Some news reports also suggest that this could also apply to a sex worker working with a third party, regardless of their status as a victim of trafficking, however the precise wording of the legislation cannot be verified. Is organising/managing criminalised? Pandering and brothel-keeping both criminalised." (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Cyprus who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 16 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Cyprus was 68 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Cyprus is 58.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cyprus is 83 years for women and 79 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Cyprus is 81.1 years for men and 85.1 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:34 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Law Regulating Property Relations of Spouses, Secs. 13 and 14 (2).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Canada, Cyprus, Switzerland
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"9.8 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 3, 2023, 8:46 a.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"If the deceased leaves children or descendants of children who had died before the death of the deceased, the statutory portion is divided equally among them. It must be noted that descendants of a deceased child are entitled to their parent’s share per stripes, meaning that those descendants are entitled to inherit equally the share that their deceased mother or father would have inherited if they had been alive. Moreover, as it has been mentioned, in case of a surviving spouse, the portion is divided equally among all of the aforementioned" (para 25).
Aug. 2, 2023, 5:54 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Every person, alone or jointly with others, has the right to acquire own, possess, enjoy or dispose of any movable or immovable property and has the right to respect for such right. The right of the Republic to underground water, minerals and antiquities is reserved" (para 124). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2013) relating to property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 2, 2023, 2:52 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"There is a popular misconception that the matrimonial estate is split equally between the separating couple. In actual fact in matrimonial finance cases in Cyprus there is a rebuttable presumption that the claimant is entitled to 1/3 of the estate of the former spouse acquired during the marriage. The onus is then on the claimant to prove that he or she in fact contributed more than 1/3 to the increase in the value of the former spouse’s estate. The court will look to the contribution in the ‘increase in the value of the estate of the other side’ to determine what the claimant spouse is entitled to. Property is divided...more
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, Vietnam
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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May 5, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Wills and Successions Law, Sec. 44.
May 5, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Wills and Successions Law, Sec. 44.
May 5, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law prohibits discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Equal Treatment of Men and Women (Access to Goods and Services) Act of 2008, Secs. 3 and 5. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites...more
May 3, 2023, 1:06 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee welcomes the adoption of measures to support the participation of women in the labour market and reduce the gender pay gap and occupational segregation. The Committee is, however, concerned about: (a) The disproportionately high unemployment rate among women, including young and highly educated women, and the low number of female entrepreneurs compared with their male counterparts...The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt measures, including temporary special measures, to achieve substantive equality of women and men in the labour market, including for highly qualified women, and establish special training programmes and counselling for unemployed women, including on the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship" (16-17).
May 3, 2023, 1:06 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"The Committee commends the State party for implementing two of its previous recommendations, namely the adoption of the Civil Union Law and the conduct of a study on the economic consequences of separation and divorce on both spouses (CEDAW/C/CYP/CO/6-7, para. 36). It remains, however, concerned about: (a) The apparent lack of adequate protection for children born to or adopted in the context of de facto and other civil unions; (b) The legal presumption that the 'stay-at-home' spouse (usually the wife) contributes to only one third of the property acquired by the spouse who works for wages outside the home (usually the husband)" (16). The legal presumption that the stay-at-home spouse...more
May 3, 2023, 1:06 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee commends the State party for implementing two of its previous recommendations, namely the adoption of the Civil Union Law and the conduct of a study on the economic consequences of separation and divorce on both spouses (CEDAW/C/CYP/CO/6-7, para. 36). It remains, however, concerned about: (a) The apparent lack of adequate protection for children born to or adopted in the context of de facto and other civil unions; (b) The legal presumption that the 'stay-at-home' spouse (usually the wife) contributes to only one third of the property acquired by the spouse who works for wages outside the home (usually the husband). The Committee recommends that the State party, in...more
April 10, 2023, 10:01 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"Article 17 Section 2(b) between direct blood relatives or up to fifth-degree blood relatives, (c) between direct relatives by marriage or up to third degree relatives by marriage"
April 10, 2023, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Cyprus
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

This comparative study was carried out on five hundred students who are studying at Near East University, North Cyprus, during the year 2017. Table 3 summarizes the responses on whether tradition has encouraged marriage between biologically related individuals. Table 4 summarizes the reasoning why consanguinity is usually practiced among the participants’ respective countries [...] most of the participants from North Cyprus have linked it with poverty (64%). Table 5 demonstrates the students’ response on the level of consanguineous marriages in their respective societies. The study collects data on prevalence of consanguineous marriage through a questionnaire on students in Urban North Cyprus. Based on the results, this practice is highly concentrated...more
Feb. 22, 2023, 9:22 a.m.
Countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2

“There is also significant variation in the share of women managers in different parts of the EU. In Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Latvia over 40 per cent of managers are women – more than five per cent above the EU average – whereas in Greece and the Czech Republic, less than 30 per cent of managers are women” (top half of page).
Feb. 22, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

“There is also significant variation in the share of women managers in different parts of the EU. In Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Latvia over 40 per cent of managers are women – more than five per cent above the EU average – whereas in Greece and the Czech Republic, less than 30 per cent of managers are women” (top half of page).
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5

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Dec. 8, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1

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