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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
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: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
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: Bahrain
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 Bahrain was 16 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
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 Bahrain is 44.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Bahrain is 80 years for women and 78 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Bahrain is 75.0 for men and 77.0 for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
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: Bahrain, Ireland
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"11.2 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 28, 2023, 9:23 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables:

"Please also provide information on measures taken to...guarantee equal distribution of property upon abandonment of the wife and of inheritance among surviving daughters and sons" (7).
Sept. 28, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, LO-LAW-1

"In paragraphs 70 and 82 of its report, the State party informs the Committee about the measures taken to grant divorced or abandoned women, childless widows and single orphaned women temporary accommodation. Please indicate measures taken to allow all women to own permanent housing, including with the State ’s assistance, without having to obtain the permission of their husband or ex-husband. Please provide information on measures taken to repeal legal provisions requiring the husband’s consent to prevent pregnancy, as well as for a woman to leave the marital home, and report on measures taken to allow the freedom of movement of all women without a legal guardian, including for their...more
Sept. 28, 2023, 9:19 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"In paragraphs 70 and 82 of its report, the State party informs the Committee about the measures taken to grant divorced or abandoned women, childless widows and single orphaned women temporary accommodation. Please indicate measures taken to allow all women to own permanent housing, including with the State ’s assistance, without having to obtain the permission of their husband or ex-husband. Please provide information on measures taken to repeal legal provisions requiring the husband’s consent to prevent pregnancy, as well as for a woman to leave the marital home, and report on measures taken to allow the freedom of movement of all women without a legal guardian, including for their...more
Sept. 28, 2023, 8:59 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Islamic law mandates that men receive more inheritance than women and that children take citizenship from their fathers. Moreover, it states that it is unacceptable for women to live outside their married houses. Thus, while CEDAW improved women’s rights in Bahrain, the country’s commitment to Sharia law prevents Bahrain from truly accepting these social reforms" (para 6). This indicates that women may have a limited ability to manage or make decisions regarding family finances (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Sept. 28, 2023, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Islamic law mandates that men receive more inheritance than women and that children take citizenship from their fathers. Moreover, it states that it is unacceptable for women to live outside their married houses. Thus, while CEDAW improved women’s rights in Bahrain, the country’s commitment to Sharia law prevents Bahrain from truly accepting these social reforms" (para 6).
Sept. 28, 2023, 8:48 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1

"The basis for family law is sharia, as interpreted by Sunni and Shia religious experts. In 2017 King Hamad ratified the Shia portion of the Unified Family Law codifying the rights of Shia citizens, in particular women, according to the civil code on issues such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Shia and Sunni family law is enforced by separate judicial bodies composed of religious authorities charged with interpreting sharia" (32). "Women may own and inherit property and represent themselves in all public and legal matters. In the absence of a direct male heir, Shia women may inherit all of their husband’s property, while Sunni women inherit only a...more
July 18, 2023, 4:39 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Rights of the wife upon the husband: a. Caring for her, spending on her and treating her graciously, b. Non-interference in her private property, which she shall have the right to dispose of in a reasonable manner. c. Refraining from harming her financially or morally. d. In case of having two or more wives, treating each wife equally in terms of nights spent with each of them and spending on them. e. Permitting her to visit her family in a reasonable manner. f. Shall not deprive her from having children from him" (11).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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June 2, 2023, 9:31 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"An online search using PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases was performed. The snowball method was used to extract other publications. The following keywords were used: Arab/Islamic communities/populations, consanguineous marriage, and consanguinity. Apart from the exception of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of the Islamic World League in 1990, only studies between 2007 and February 2022" (5). Table 2 summarizes important statistics regarding the range of rates of consanguineous and first-cousin marriages in Arabic populations: Bahrain's overall consanguineous marriage ranges from 10.9%-45.50% (7).
March 20, 2023, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

For reasons of cosanguinity, a person is prohibited to marry: a. his or her ascendents, however high in lineage, b. his or her descendants, however low in lineage, c. the decendents of his or her parents however low in lineage, d. the first degree of his or her grandfathers or grandmothers.
March 3, 2023, 12:35 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"Among parents of 14,237 newborns in Bahrain in 2008-2009, the total consanguinity and first cousin marriage rates over a period of four months in 2008 were 10.9% and 6.9% respectively, while during all of 2009 the rates were 11.4% and 6.8% respectively. The study confirms that over a ten-year period first cousin marriage rates in Bahrain have declined from 24% to nearly 7%" (para 1)
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:59 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"In paragraphs 70 and 82 of its report, the State party informs the Committee about the measures taken to grant divorced or abandoned women, childless widows and single orphaned women temporary accommodation. Please indicate measures taken to allow all women to own permanent housing, including with the State ’s assistance, without having to obtain the permission of their husband or ex-husband. Please provide information on measures taken to repeal legal provisions requiring the husband’s consent to prevent pregnancy, as well as for a woman to leave the marital home, and report on measures taken to allow the freedom of movement of all women without a legal guardian, including for their...more
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:59 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: ADCM-PRACTICE-1

"Please also provide information on measures taken to allow women to take up guardianship and full custody of their children upon divorce and to retain custody if she remarries, to ensure that women under no circumstances are compelled by law or practice to accept reconciliation (para. 206)" (7).
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:59 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: IAD-PRACTICE-1

"Please also provide information on measures taken...to guarantee equal distribution of property upon abandonment of the wife and of inheritance among surviving daughters and sons (7). This implies that there has not generally been equal distribution of property between sons and daughters (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:49 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"With regard to the adoption of legislative measures to remedy the potentially adverse effects of existing rules concerning property distribution and ownership, it should be noted that each spouse is financially independent. Hence there is no need for special legislation concerning the distribution of property between spouses, since they retain their own property. The husband may not assume control of his wife ’s property" (42).
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:49 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"There is no discrimination between citizens on grounds of sex, origin, language, religion or belief. The political rights of women are also guaranteed, particularly the right to vote and the right to stand for election, as well as their right to education and property and to run businesses and engage in economic activity" (5). "Bahraini law also guarantees women the right to all types of property, and enshrines the principle of the wife ’s financial independence and her separation from her husband’s financial responsibility. The husband is not entitled to dispose of, benefit from or use his wife’s money save in accordance with her will and consent, nor may the...more
Jan. 31, 2023, 8:03 a.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Under Bahrain’s Constitution, women have the right to own, access, and manage land and property, regardless of their marital status" (5).
Jan. 27, 2023, 6:53 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1

"Inheritance, of land and non-land assets, is governed by Sharia law, which often places women at a disadvantage" (5).
Jan. 27, 2023, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Women may own and inherit property and represent themselves in all public and legal matters. In the absence of a direct male heir, Shia women may inherit all of their husband’s property, while Sunni women inherit only a portion, with the brothers or other male relatives of the deceased also receiving a share. The government respected wills directing the division of assets according to the deceased" (32).