Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Afghanistan ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Other countries have been scrutinising the Taliban's track record on human rights and women's rights since they took over in August 2021 after a two-decade insurgency" (para 9). "Martin Schuepp, director of operations at the Red Cross, said in an interview: 'The economic hardship is there. It's very serious and people will struggle for their lives'" (para 16). "Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2). These quotes show that since men and women are both punished, double standards about fidelity and differential treatment under law may not be as pervasive for some things under the Taliban (Coder Comment - EV).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1

"Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19). This quote shows that women have no authority in society and believe her role is to serve her husband in the house (Coder Comment- EV).

Countries: Afghanistan
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 Afghanistan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 46 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Afghanistan
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: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-2

"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30). "This quote suggests that suggests there is a lack of laws/enforcement of them and reluctance to report" (EV-Coder Comment).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a decree that Herat's public...more

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which replaced the previous women’s ministry, said: ‘We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety'" (para 32).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

"Some claimed they had been tasered and beaten, while others told how they were being pressurised to marry members of the Taliban in exchange for their freedom" (para 27). "One Taliban commander is said to have demanded that a father consent to his daughter’s marriage by putting a gun to his head" (para 29).

Countries: Afghanistan
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 Afghanistan is 16.5% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Afghanistan is 63.3 years for men and 63.2 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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