Latest items for Central African Rep
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: SMES-LAW-1
"Two centres for the socioeconomic empowerment of women had been established and another centre had been set up to offer temporary accommodation for highly vulnerable women and girls. Meetings had been held at the centres to raise awareness among adolescent girls of their rights and health-related issues. Measures had been taken to grant women access to economic opportunities by distributing seeds, tools and agricultural equipment" (Page 4-5).
Variables: SMES-LAW-1
"Two centres for the socioeconomic empowerment of women had been established and another centre had been set up to offer temporary accommodation for highly vulnerable women and girls. Meetings had been held at the centres to raise awareness among adolescent girls of their rights and health-related issues. Measures had been taken to grant women access to economic opportunities by distributing seeds, tools and agricultural equipment" (Page 4-5).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: PW-PRACTICE-3
"[B]efore embarking on the reform of the Family Code, the Government had conducted a nationwide survey to collect information on the views of the population, particularly women, regarding the discriminatory provisions that had been identified. According to the findings, rural women did not object to polygamy" (Page 7).
Variables: PW-PRACTICE-3
"[B]efore embarking on the reform of the Family Code, the Government had conducted a nationwide survey to collect information on the views of the population, particularly women, regarding the discriminatory provisions that had been identified. According to the findings, rural women did not object to polygamy" (Page 7).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"As only 53.4 per cent of deliveries in 2006 had been conducted by qualified personnel, the maternal mortality rate remained high" (Page 2).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1
"As only 53.4 per cent of deliveries in 2006 had been conducted by qualified personnel, the maternal mortality rate remained high" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Maternal mortality rates, while still high, had dropped significantly, from 800 per 100,000 births to 480 per 100,000 births" (Page 3).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
"Maternal mortality rates, while still high, had dropped significantly, from 800 per 100,000 births to 480 per 100,000 births" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"[I]t could not be denied that levirate and sororate were harmful practices that continued to exist in the Central African Republic. They had not been prohibited by law and had persisted in spite of education and awareness-raising efforts. However, under the revised Family Code, they would be expressly prohibited and thus discouraged. Awareness-raising efforts would continue" (Page 9).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"[I]t could not be denied that levirate and sororate were harmful practices that continued to exist in the Central African Republic. They had not been prohibited by law and had persisted in spite of education and awareness-raising efforts. However, under the revised Family Code, they would be expressly prohibited and thus discouraged. Awareness-raising efforts would continue" (Page 9).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3). "[T]he objectives of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission were not only to reconcile victims and perpetrators and raise awareness of past atrocities, but also to ensure that such atrocities did not reoccur. Memorialization was very important to achieve those aims" (Page 5).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3). "[T]he objectives of the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission were not only to reconcile victims and perpetrators and raise awareness of past atrocities, but also to ensure that such atrocities did not reoccur. Memorialization was very important to achieve those aims" (Page 5).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1, LBHO-LAW-2
"[P]ursuant to the Gender Parity Act, the 35 per cent quota for the representation of women applied to all the country’s government bodies and institutions, including the National Electoral Authority, the Economic and Social Council and the High Council for Communication. 19 members of the High Authority for Good Governance were women, which exceeded the minimum quota of six" (Page 4).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1, LBHO-LAW-2
"[P]ursuant to the Gender Parity Act, the 35 per cent quota for the representation of women applied to all the country’s government bodies and institutions, including the National Electoral Authority, the Economic and Social Council and the High Council for Communication. 19 members of the High Authority for Good Governance were women, which exceeded the minimum quota of six" (Page 4).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"35 per cent quota for the representation of women applied to all the country’s government bodies and institutions" (Page 4).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
"35 per cent quota for the representation of women applied to all the country’s government bodies and institutions" (Page 4).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"The Ministry of Justice had launched an awareness-raising campaign on the legislation covering HIV/AIDS, which included primary school children among its target audience" (Page 3). "In some parts of the Central African Republic, people reportedly believed that sexual intercourse with a virgin could cure HIV/AIDS, which exposed women and girls with disabilities in particular to sexual violence" (Page 6). "The Government had drawn up and implemented a policy for the care of persons living with HIV/AIDS with the support of partners including the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. He had not heard of the belief that the Chair had described; however, the deliberate transmission of AIDS was an offence...more
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"The Ministry of Justice had launched an awareness-raising campaign on the legislation covering HIV/AIDS, which included primary school children among its target audience" (Page 3). "In some parts of the Central African Republic, people reportedly believed that sexual intercourse with a virgin could cure HIV/AIDS, which exposed women and girls with disabilities in particular to sexual violence" (Page 6). "The Government had drawn up and implemented a policy for the care of persons living with HIV/AIDS with the support of partners including the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. He had not heard of the belief that the Chair had described; however, the deliberate transmission of AIDS was an offence...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"[T]he Ministry for the Advancement of Women" (Page 4). " The Government was seeking to incorporate gender mainstreaming in all policies and programmes under its responsibility and gender focal points were in place within each ministry" (Page 4).
Variables: GP-DATA-3
"[T]he Ministry for the Advancement of Women" (Page 4). " The Government was seeking to incorporate gender mainstreaming in all policies and programmes under its responsibility and gender focal points were in place within each ministry" (Page 4).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Education was provided to women and girls who had left school early, a partnership programme had been launched to support female entrepreneurship and plans for the establishment of a women’s bank were being developed" (Page 4).
Variables: ERBG-LAW-1
"Education was provided to women and girls who had left school early, a partnership programme had been launched to support female entrepreneurship and plans for the establishment of a women’s bank were being developed" (Page 4).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[T]he Government had drafted a national strategy for the empowerment of women and girls. Women represented over 15 per cent of the workforce in businesses and more than 90 per cent of the informal economy workforce" (Page 4).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[T]he Government had drafted a national strategy for the empowerment of women and girls. Women represented over 15 per cent of the workforce in businesses and more than 90 per cent of the informal economy workforce" (Page 4).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Male and female prisoners were detained in separate prisons and measures had been adopted to monitor women’s prison conditions" (Para 5).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Male and female prisoners were detained in separate prisons and measures had been adopted to monitor women’s prison conditions" (Para 5).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"The Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Être Familial (Central African Association for Family Well-being) was providing free contraception to women" (Page 3).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"The Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Être Familial (Central African Association for Family Well-being) was providing free contraception to women" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DACH-LAW-1
"[T]he rights of persons with disabilities, regardless of gender, were enshrined in the Constitution" (Page 6). "In some parts of the Central African Republic, people reportedly believed that sexual intercourse with a virgin could cure HIV/AIDS, which exposed women and girls with disabilities in particular to sexual violence" (Page 6).
Variables: DACH-LAW-1
"[T]he rights of persons with disabilities, regardless of gender, were enshrined in the Constitution" (Page 6). "In some parts of the Central African Republic, people reportedly believed that sexual intercourse with a virgin could cure HIV/AIDS, which exposed women and girls with disabilities in particular to sexual violence" (Page 6).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DACH-DATA-2
"82 per cent of women did not use any form of contraception" (Page 2).
Variables: DACH-DATA-2
"82 per cent of women did not use any form of contraception" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"As only 53.4 per cent of deliveries in 2006 had been conducted by qualified personnel, the maternal mortality rate remained high" (Page 2). "A law had been enacted to provide free services for pregnant women and women with children under 5" (Page 3).
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"As only 53.4 per cent of deliveries in 2006 had been conducted by qualified personnel, the maternal mortality rate remained high" (Page 2). "A law had been enacted to provide free services for pregnant women and women with children under 5" (Page 3).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"It was not known how many women in the Central African Republic held property titles. However, women faced no discrimination in terms of access to land. Under the country’s inheritance law, no distinction was made between male and female heirs and, following dissolution of marriage, assets were divided equally between the two spouses" (Page 6).
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"It was not known how many women in the Central African Republic held property titles. However, women faced no discrimination in terms of access to land. Under the country’s inheritance law, no distinction was made between male and female heirs and, following dissolution of marriage, assets were divided equally between the two spouses" (Page 6).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Government conducted advocacy and awareness-raising among traditional leaders so that they understood the harmful impact of child marriage. An awareness campaign conducted in 2017 had focused on rural areas, where rates of child marriage were thought to be particularly high" (Page 8). "The survey had revealed different attitudes towards polygamy among different groups of women. Indigenous women, including pygmy and Fulani women, were more likely to regard a polygamous marriage as a stroke of fortune, whereas rural women thought that polygamy had no impact on women, and urban and intellectual women rejected it. Given those findings, prohibition alone would not be sufficient to eradicate the problem. Therefore, the Government...more
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1
"The Government conducted advocacy and awareness-raising among traditional leaders so that they understood the harmful impact of child marriage. An awareness campaign conducted in 2017 had focused on rural areas, where rates of child marriage were thought to be particularly high" (Page 8). "The survey had revealed different attitudes towards polygamy among different groups of women. Indigenous women, including pygmy and Fulani women, were more likely to regard a polygamous marriage as a stroke of fortune, whereas rural women thought that polygamy had no impact on women, and urban and intellectual women rejected it. Given those findings, prohibition alone would not be sufficient to eradicate the problem. Therefore, the Government...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"The provision whereby children under the age of 18 years, including pregnant girls, could marry under certain circumstances, was being revised in the light of the Child Protection Code. Under the proposed amendment, pregnant girls would no longer be able to receive parental authorization for marriage. During the revision process, the technical partner had been requested to comprehensively examine the law in its entirety to ensure that the reform covered all discriminatory provisions. All policy instruments, including the national policy for the promotion of equality and equity and its action plan, sought to encourage responsible parenting and strengthen family relations" (Page 7). "A representative of the Central African Republic said...more
Variables: AOM-LAW-1
"The provision whereby children under the age of 18 years, including pregnant girls, could marry under certain circumstances, was being revised in the light of the Child Protection Code. Under the proposed amendment, pregnant girls would no longer be able to receive parental authorization for marriage. During the revision process, the technical partner had been requested to comprehensively examine the law in its entirety to ensure that the reform covered all discriminatory provisions. All policy instruments, including the national policy for the promotion of equality and equity and its action plan, sought to encourage responsible parenting and strengthen family relations" (Page 7). "A representative of the Central African Republic said...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1
"The judiciary was responsible for ensuring the payment of alimony and child maintenance. Thus, where a court had issued a decision ordering an ex-husband or father to pay alimony or child maintenance, the authorities worked with the banks to collect the corresponding amount and pay it directly to the beneficiary" (Page 8).
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1
"The judiciary was responsible for ensuring the payment of alimony and child maintenance. Thus, where a court had issued a decision ordering an ex-husband or father to pay alimony or child maintenance, the authorities worked with the banks to collect the corresponding amount and pay it directly to the beneficiary" (Page 8).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Although legislation permitted abortions in cases of rape, some women continued to resort to illegal and dangerous clandestine abortions" (Page 2).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Although legislation permitted abortions in cases of rape, some women continued to resort to illegal and dangerous clandestine abortions" (Page 2).
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Although legislation permitted abortions in cases of rape, some women continued to resort to illegal and dangerous clandestine abortions" (Page 2). "A representative of the Central African Republic said that abortions were no longer criminalized, thanks to an overhaul of the Penal Code. Neither the patient nor the doctor were punishable by imprisonment, but the abortion had to be carried out in a hospital" (Page 3).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
"Although legislation permitted abortions in cases of rape, some women continued to resort to illegal and dangerous clandestine abortions" (Page 2). "A representative of the Central African Republic said that abortions were no longer criminalized, thanks to an overhaul of the Penal Code. Neither the patient nor the doctor were punishable by imprisonment, but the abortion had to be carried out in a hospital" (Page 3).
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Allegations of rape by Russian mercenaries, who have a large presence in CAR’s restive north-west region, have escalated in recent months. Women and girls are avoiding going to the fields and markets, and food shortages are being reported as a result" (para 5). "About 75% of CAR’s population, particularly women, work in agriculture, according to the World Bank. The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a UN agency, says the sector employs about 80% of rural people and generates half of the country’s GDP. In Bouar, the country’s fifth-largest town with a population of about 40,000, the growing attacks in the farmlands are having an impact on food production as women...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Allegations of rape by Russian mercenaries, who have a large presence in CAR’s restive north-west region, have escalated in recent months. Women and girls are avoiding going to the fields and markets, and food shortages are being reported as a result" (para 5). "About 75% of CAR’s population, particularly women, work in agriculture, according to the World Bank. The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a UN agency, says the sector employs about 80% of rural people and generates half of the country’s GDP. In Bouar, the country’s fifth-largest town with a population of about 40,000, the growing attacks in the farmlands are having an impact on food production as women...more
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The two sisters had just arrived at their family’s field when two Russian mercenaries showed up. They held the girls at gunpoint and took turns raping them. 'We told them we were virgins and begged them not to touch us. But they wouldn’t listen,' says Koko*. She was 17 when the attack happened on a Saturday morning last September in the family’s field of yams and cassava in Ngaguene village, near the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bouar. 'Whenever we tried to scream for help, they used their hands to cover our mouths so that nobody could hear us,' she says. It was her younger sister’s 15th birthday. She...more
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Reports of rape in Bouar are not new. When rebels from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), an alliance of CAR’s armed groups formed to disrupt the country’s presidential election four years ago, captured the town in December 2020, they carried out a campaign of sexual assault, the UN says in a report" (para 22).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Reports of rape in Bouar are not new. When rebels from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), an alliance of CAR’s armed groups formed to disrupt the country’s presidential election four years ago, captured the town in December 2020, they carried out a campaign of sexual assault, the UN says in a report" (para 22).
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"Like most women and girls, Awa did not alert the police. 'The white soldiers are above the law,' says Sandrine*, Awa’s grandmother. 'Nobody will punish them for what they did'" (para 17).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"Like most women and girls, Awa did not alert the police. 'The white soldiers are above the law,' says Sandrine*, Awa’s grandmother. 'Nobody will punish them for what they did'" (para 17).
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Awa says she is so traumatised that she fears being alone or going outside. 'Whenever I walk on the streets, I fear that someone will attack me,' she says" (para 24).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"Awa says she is so traumatised that she fears being alone or going outside. 'Whenever I walk on the streets, I fear that someone will attack me,' she says" (para 24).