Countries: Bolivia
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

According to the Articles. 143 and 144 of the Family Code establish that they cannot marry between blood relatives, or also between siblings.

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Thus, the community of property is the formula applied by most countries in the region in the absence of an express decision within the couple and is compulsory in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, and Cuba" (30).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"The Tsimane are an endogamous society of foragers-horticulturalists in the tropical rain forest of the department of Beni, Bolivia (Figure 1). They live mostly along the rivers Maniqui and Apere and still follow a preferential system of cross-cousin marriage, meaning that a man marries his mother’s brother’s daughter or his father’s sister’s daughter (Daillant, 1994). Recent population estimates by the Tsimane’ Council, their governing body, suggest that the Tsimane number 14,200 people, living in 95 villages of at least eight households (Undurraga et al.2015)" (4).

Countries: Bolivia
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: Ley Contra el Racismo y Toda Forma de Discriminación, Arts. 5 y 14(1)(b); Ley de Servicios Financieros, Arts. 74(a), 75(I) y 89. 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....more

Countries: Bolivia
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: Código de las Familias y del Proceso Familiar, Arts. 176-179.

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-LAW-2

"Under the new law, those responsible for femicides, infanticides, and rapes will no longer be able to benefit from house arrest" (para 1).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Criticizing the patriarchal system that sustains gender-based violence, Bolivian President Luis Arce said that the [new] law [on femicide, infanticide and rape] 'establishes mechanisms to protect the rights of the victims' " (para 3).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: ISSA-PRACTICE-2

"The penalties for prevarication in cases of femicide and infanticide are increased to up to 20 years in prison. The Bolivian Ministry of Justice said that criminal proceedings would be initiated for delay and revictimization would not be allowed" (para 5).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"On Monday, [July 4, 2022], the Bolivian government enacted a law to protect victims of femicides, infanticides, and rape of children and adolescents, given the cases in the country in which convicted rapists and murderers have been released" (para 2). "This year was declared the Year of the Cultural Revolution for De-patriarchalization in Bolivia, seeking to establish structural solutions to curb the persistent cases of violence against women in the country" (para 10).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"Attorney General's Office reports showed that between January and June of this year, 48 cases of femicide...had been registered in Bolivia" (para 8). "The Public Prosecutor's Office said that asphyxiation, blows or trauma, and the use of bladed weapons or intoxication by substances are the leading causes of these violent deaths of women" (para 9).

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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Countries: Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1

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Countries: Bolivia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"In line with the WFP Strategic Plan (2017–2021), the WFP Humanitarian Protection Policy, the WFP Gender Policy (2015–2020), the WFP Regional Gender Strategy (2016–2020) and the WFP Gender Action Plan, gender is integrated throughout the CSP to ensure zero hunger programmes and policies are gender-transformative. To the extent possible, WFP will disaggregate data by sex and age; embed gender and disability analyses in all assessment, research, technical assistance, knowledge sharing, information management and related work; mainstream gender and disability into all programme, policy and capacity-strengthening initiatives; and engage women, men, girls and boys and their organizations in ways that empower them and foster equitable outcomes" (9).

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Under the Bolivian Constitution (art. 2), the existence of populations pre-existing the colonial conquest and establishment of the Bolivian State is recognised and determines important juridical effects; the Bolivian State is defined as Plurinational and legal pluralism is considered as the basis for interpretation of the national Constitution. This means that constitutional requirements of nondiscrimination have to be harmonised with the autonomy of regions and indigenous collectives. 2010's Law n° 073, known as Ley de Deslinde Jurisdiccional defines the terms for coordination and cooperation between these different jurisdictions. This impacts inheritance rights since these rights are very often governed by the indigenous jurisdictions. On the other hand, the Constitution and...more

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1

"In practice, different patterns of inheritance exist according to ethnicity. While in the altiplano inheritance practices tend towards patrilineal patterns, in the Andes' valley, gender neutral practices in relation to inheritance will be more commonly found. Patrilineal patterns impact widows’ and divorced women’s access to land" (3).