Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

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

Countries: Cape Verde
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 Cabo Verde 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: Cape Verde
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: Cape Verde
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 Cabo Verde was 42 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Cabo Verde is 78 years for women and 70 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LR-DATA-1

"[L]iteracy rates among women [has improved], in particular among women and girls between 15 and 24 years of age... [There is a] persistent gap in literacy rates among women and men" (8). "[There is a] high illiteracy rates among rural women" (12). "[The] high illiteracy rates among girls and women with disabilities [is very concerning]" (13).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"[T]here were eight femicides in 2018, all of which involved situations in which women were leaving their partners" (5,14).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1

"[There is a] persistently high rate of early pregnancy, with 12 per cent of adolescent girls and young women between 15 and 19 years of age having already given birth to at least one child as at 2018, although that rate was 15 per cent in 2015, that adolescent girls and young women under 19 years of age represent almost one fifth of all pregnant women" (11).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"[A]ll reports of gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence, are [not] duly investigated and victims [do not] have access to protection services[. T]he mandate of gender-based violence prosecutors [need to be strengthened] to ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately punished and that victims have access to appropriate redress, including compensation" (6).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2

"[T]he regulatory framework for domestic work has not yet been approved... [D]omestic workers [are not guaranteed] enrolment in the national system of compulsory social protection and the payment of unemployment subsidies for unemployed domestic workers [is not promoted]" (10).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-3

"[T]emporary special measures, such as outreach or support programmes, the allocation and/or reallocation of resources, preferential treatment, targeted recruitment, hiring, training and promotion and statutory quotas, to redress gaps in participation in political and public life [are not currently implemented and promoted]" (4).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1

"[T]emporary special measures, such as outreach or support programmes, the allocation and/or reallocation of resources, preferential treatment, targeted recruitment, hiring, training and promotion and statutory quotas, to redress gaps in participation in political and public life [are not currently implemented and promoted]" (4). "[Ther is a] delay in the finalization of the draft parity law, which provides for parity of women and men in elected bodies and in leadership positions in the public administration" (8).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"[I]n cases in which joint marital property is registered only in the name of one spouse or partner, it is usually the man’s name that is registered in the property title, despite the fact that, in 2015, 49.7 per cent of those working in agriculture were women" (12). [R]rural women [do not] have access to legal assistance when claiming their property rights" (13). "[T]he jointly owned property of women and men in de facto unions is [not] registered in the name of both partners from the outset" (14). It is usually registered in the naem of the male partner (MV-coder comment).