Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Sex work is not specifically addressed in the law and so selling sex itself appears to be legal although some laws still exist that criminalise sex workers: ‘some criminal regulations which are no longer applied in practice, such as the punishment of prostitutes due to idleness, continue to exist. As these regulations continue to form part of criminal law, they contribute to significant legal uncertainty.’ Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Procuring premises for 'prostitution' (brothel-keeping) is illegal in Bulgaria as is inciting or procuring into 'prostitution'." (para 1-3).

Countries: Bulgaria
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 Bulgaria who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Bulgaria, Kuwait, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland
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: Bulgaria
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 Bulgaria was 7 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Bulgaria is 75 years for women and 68 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"The divorce by mutual consent is commonly used and it means that both of the individuals agree on the reasons why the divorce is needed and the procedure moves forward without a court investigation as to the validity of the reasons. Because this is a simpler type of divorce, with no lengthy procedures (due to the mutual agreement), the costs for the process are lower than in most other cases. Spouses need to agree upon the custody of the children, visiting rights, the division of the property acquired during the marriage, the use of the family name etc" (7).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"8.3 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"The lack of information on loan schemes and other forms of financial credit for women and the lack of specific training on entrepreneurial skills [is a concern]" (11). "[T]argeted measures, including skills training and technical education, and facilitate women’s access to loans and other forms of financial credit, in order to support and stimulate women’s entrepreneurship and promote their economic empowerment, in particular in rural areas [are not adopted]" (12). These aims are not developed (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he State party is a source and destination country for trafficking in women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour" (7).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3

"[T]he State party has not adopted temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between women and men and has not implemented quota systems for the public and private sectors" (4). "The lack of training on political leadership, negotiation and campaigning skills for women candidates for public office [is a concern]… [C]apacity-building on campaigning and political leadership skills, in particular for women facing intersecting forms of discrimination, such as Roma women, rural women and women with disabilities, and awareness among political leaders and the public about the fact that the full, equal, free and democratic participation of women in political and public life on an equal basis with men is required...more

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, IRP-DATA-2

"[There is no] information and data on women forced into prostitution" (8).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: GP-DATA-5

"[W]omen and girls in the State party, in particular those facing intersecting forms of discrimination, have limited access to justice owing to pervasive corruption, social stigma, the inaccessibility of the judicial system, gender bias among law enforcement officers, including the police, the priority given to mediation and reconciliation procedures in cases involving gender-based violence against women, women’s limited awareness of their rights and limited knowledge among judges and law enforcement officials" (3). There are no institutions in place to assist females in Bulgaria (MV-coder comment). "[There has not been] access to free legal aid in proceedings related to gender-based violence against women" (7).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1

"[D]espite decreases in recent years, the gender pay gap persists in the State party (13.5 per cent)... [There is a] difference between the maximum retirement age for women and men... [this results] in a gender pension gap of 28 per cent" (10). This applies to all sectors (MV- coder comment).