Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-5

"Article 87: Any act of sexual penetration, of whatever nature, committed against another person by violence, coercion, threat, or surprise, is classified as rape. Anyone who has committed the crime of rape shall be punished by forced labor for a term of years. If the crime was committed against a child under 18 years of age, the perpetrator shall receive the maximum penalty of forced labor for a term of years. Any indecent assault, consummated or attempted, against a child under fifteen years of age of either sex, shall be deemed rape. In the preceding cases, if the perpetrators are ascendants of the person against whom the crime was committed,...more

Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, EWCMS-PRACTICE-3, EWCMS-DATA-2

"At the Kassai military camp in Bangui's seventh district, a young female soldier committed suicide after enduring months of sexual harassment by her superior. This incident underscores the serious failings of the national military authorities in addressing the abuse and pressure suffered by soldiers. A 29-year-old female soldier, Myriam Ouloufi, committed suicide on Monday, May 27, at Camp Kassai in Bangui. According to testimonies from her relatives on social media, she was subjected to constant pressure and harassment from her superior officer" (para 1-2). "However, this tragedy [of Myriam Ouloufi, a young female soldier in the Central African Republic who committed suicide] is not an isolated case. Four months ago,...more

Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: LRW-LAW-4

Given the following documentation, there is no exoneration in the law allowing an individual accused of rape to have their criminal charges dismissed or overturned by subsequently marrying the victim. However, it should be noted that this only accounts for the legal framework and now what societal pressures may be in practice (ERD - CODER COMMENT).more

Countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, D R Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Vanuatu
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

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Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

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Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Central African Republic in 2023 was 29.3%.

Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Central African Republic's laws are unclear on abortion. The Law Relating to Reproductive Health 2006 permits abortion to preserve the life and health of the woman and in cases of rape, incest, and fetal impairment. The Penal Code 2010 permits abortion where the woman’s life is at risk (without explicit mention of health) and in cases of rape, incest, fetal impairment, or when a pregnant minor is in a state of distress. It is unclear if one law supersedes another.

Countries: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Permit abortion in certain cases, for example, if the woman’s life is at risk, and / or in cases of foetal abnormality or rape include" (Para 21).

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).

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).

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

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).

Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: DACH-DATA-2

"82 per cent of women did not use any form of contraception" (Page 2).

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).

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).