Countries: Uruguay
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Uruguay ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? Yes to work legally sex workers must register" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? Yes - sex workers entitled to social security protections" (para 6). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No - regulationism" (para 7).

Countries: Uruguay
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 Uruguay who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 18 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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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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Countries: Uruguay
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 Uruguay was 19 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Uruguay is 79 years for women and 72 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

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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Countries: Uruguay
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '46.2%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '25.9%.'"

Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Uruguay
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: Código Civil, Arts. 1025 y 1026.

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"The law provides the same legal status and rights for women as for men. Women, however, faced discrimination in employment, pay, credit, education, housing, and business ownership" (15).

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Law n° 10.873 on women’s civil capacity ensures that married and unmarried women have the same rights regarding access to land and assets as men. It equally establishes that married couples are coowners of all property and assets acquired during marriage, while at the same time retaining the rights to manage property and assets that were theirs before marriage. Law n° 18.246 on common law marriages extend those rights to informal and de-facto unions" (7). "Articles that discriminated against women in the Uruguayan Commercial Code are considered to have been tacitly revoked by law n° 10.873 on women’s civil capacity. Women and men have the same rights in relation to...more

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"[Divorce] still tend[s] to blame women for failures in marriage and mean that divorced women usually have less resources available to them, while at the same time being the sole responsible for childcare" (3).

Countries: Uruguay
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1

"As mentioned in our previous article a spouse is not a legal heir under Uruguayan law. Children and parents are recognized as such and are entitled to particular shares of a deceased’s estate" (para 3). "The ‘conjugal portion’ is defined in Art 874 of the Civil Code as being the amount necessary to maintain the spouse in similar circumstances to those they enjoyed during the marriage/cohabitation" (para 4). "So say the ‘conjugal portion’ is 200,000 USD in total, but the matrimonial home is worth 400,000 USD, then the surviving spouse will get nothing as he or she already has a half share in the house worth 200,000 USD. Likewise any...more