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Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
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 the Phillippines who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 14 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: Algeria, Nicaragua, Philippines
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: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
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 the Phillippines was 78 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
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 the Phillippines is 46% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in the Phillippines is 71 years for women and 67 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in the Phillippines is 67.4 years for men and 73.6 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:52 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"What surfaced from my interviews with over 50 street and establishment-based sex workers in Metro Manila in 2017 and 2018 is that the police are perceived and experienced by sex workers as a greater threat than clients or third parties. “The police are our real pimps,” many of my interviewees would say" (para 2). "Corrupt police officers have regularly taken advantage of the legal limbo on sex work. Sometimes they conduct entirely anti-prostitution raids with the aim of arresting women and pimps, or extorting money or sex from them. Other times, they conduct ‘rescue operations’. The women never know what to expect. The police might aggressively break them up and...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:52 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"Many of my interviewees pointed to instances of everyday extortion: Police officers would approach them and demand money, sex, or both in exchange for not arresting them. In one particularly egregious case, cops engaged in ritual humiliation by urinating on two sex workers who were waiting for clients on a street corner. Many experienced having a gun casually pointed at them by patrolling cops. Some of their worst clients were also policemen. In a context where sex work is criminalised, it is dangerous to demand payment from a client who is also a cop. Many street workers are unwilling to report abusive clients or managers to the police after having...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:52 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Not only has the war on drugs hurt existing sex workers or made it harder for them to exit, it has also pushed women into sex work. Most of the people who were killed without trial – at least 5000 based on the police’s own estimates, and above 20,000 based on estimates from credible civil society and media organisations – have come from low-income communities. Five of the sex workers I interviewed lost their partners to extrajudicial killings, and two of them have partners in jail for what they said were false drug charges. Two of them began engaging in sex work to support their children, while five engaged in...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:52 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"The power asymmetry between cops and sex workers can be partially attributed to the confusing mix of laws that govern sex work in the Philippines. The Revised Penal Code treats women who sell sex as criminals who should be fined or imprisoned. This is partially contradicted by the Philippines’ 2003 anti-trafficking law, which defines taking advantage of the vulnerability of a person for the purpose of exploitation, including for prostitution, as trafficking. It also runs up against the 2010 Magna Carta of Women, which names prostitution as an act of violence against women from which they should be protected. Various local governments have their own policies on sex work, ranging...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"Despite the illegality of prostitution in the Philippines, many of the major tourist destinations are hotspots for the commercial sex trade, including the exploitation of minors. It is typically taxi drivers with knowledge of hidden locations who facilitate child sex trafficking in these urban, tourist areas" (para 16). "Some reports assert that corrupt officials carry out fake raids on commercial sex establishments to extort money from managers, clients, and victims and that embassy employees exploit their domestic workers in exchange for government protection" (para 21).
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"In aftercare, a specialized shelter in Manila was opened to serve more than 1,000 victims and it launched a platform for educating governments units and the public about trafficking and how to report cases" (para 20). "The Filipino government is partnering with NGOs to identify the areas where better structures and increased funding are most needed. Organizations such as Renew Foundation and Made in Hope are empowering survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines through livelihood and skills training programs. Organizations like Together in Hope are providing anti-trafficking education to help prevent human trafficking" (para 22). "Organizations like Destiny Rescue and The Exodus Road are fighting human trafficking through intervention,...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-DATA-3

"Many of the sex tourists in the Philippines come from wealthy, developed countries and are often convicted or charged sex offenders in their home countries. However, Filipino men also purchase commercial sex acts from trafficked children" (para 5).
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-DATA-2

"The Philippines is one of the largest known sources of online sexual exploitation of children, and it is estimated that of the 50,000 Filipino children employed as domestic workers in the Philippines almost 5,000 are under 15 years old. In total, estimates say that between 60,000 and 100,000 Filipino children are impacted by labor trafficking or sex trafficking" (para 4). "The United States reports a 265% increase in unconfirmed reports of online child sexual abuse in the Philippines during the pandemic, according to the 2021 Trafficking in Person Report" (para 17).
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:49 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Yes to a degree. Workers in licensed entertainment venues are required to undergo mandatory STI testing and failure to be tested means that they won't be issued with the medical certificate that allows them to work in the venue. HIV testing though is only done by consent because there is a law (AIDS Prevention and Control Act 1998) which prohibits compulsory HIV testing" (para 5).
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:49 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Yes engaging in sex work is illegal under Article 202 of the Revised Penal Code. This law only applies to women engaging in sex work" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes although some level of toleration. Brothel-keeping is technically illegal as is on-street "pimping", which is a form of vagrancy. But many local authorities license entertainment venues knowing that sex is sold on the premises or at least that sex workers meet clients there and conduct business off premises. These local regulations include requirements for "entertainment workers" to have regular STI checking and then to be issued with health...more
Dec. 16, 2023, 9:49 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? Not in national law although there are some reports of local ordinances that require mandatory registration - see p.150 of Sex Work and the Law in Asia" (para 6).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Bolivia, Jordan, Philippines
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"21.3 births per 1000 population"
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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June 14, 2023, 10:25 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

Article 38. The following marriages shall be void from the beginning for reasons of public policy: (1) Between collateral blood relatives, whether legitimate or illegitimate, up to the fourth civil degree; (2) Between step-parents and step-children; (3) Between parents-in-law and children-in-law; (4) Between the adopting parent and the adopted child..."
June 1, 2023, 2:41 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

This analysis collected data on the proportion of consanguineous marriages in 72 different geopolitical regions from www.consang.net in October 2010, referencing many of the same 381 surveys as Alan H. Bittles' report (1998) which included information for 6.55 million marriages. In cases when multiple estimates were provided for regions, they computed the mean percentage of consanguineous marriages by weighting individual estimates according to sample size. Table 1 of the appendix summarizes consanguineous marriage data. It shows that Philippines' weighted mean consanguineous percentage is 0.40% (VC-CODER COMMENT).
June 1, 2023, 2:40 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

A popular source of entertainment media for Filippino locals posts to its large audience of article readers; PhilSTAR L!fe addresses a reader's concern about relationships, career, and anything they want to talk about through its advice column: Asking for a Friend. In this column, a reader sends in a story of falling in love with a second cousin, and the response from the advice column points to a general taboo outlook on the practice of consanguineous relationships (VC - CODER COMMENT). "Hold your horses before things get awry. Not to play holier than thou, but you should stop all the start triggers now. It’s both legally and medically not feasible....more
April 4, 2023, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
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 rthe following as the source: Civil Code, Arts. 978-980.
April 4, 2023, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
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: Civil Code, Arts. 995-1002.
April 4, 2023, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
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: Women in Development and Nation Building Act, Sec. 5; Magna Carta of Women, Sec. 23. 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: Women in Development and Nation Building Act, Sec. 5. According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The...more