Countries: Congo
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"These days Simon [Congolese teenage girl and a rape victim] barely leaves the house, terrified by the mere sight of men in uniform, her uncle said. She has been ostracized by her community, he said, as have Simon’s mother and younger sister [also rape victims]. The extended family have all relocated to a different city, he said" (para 73).

Countries: Congo
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"'Congo is experiencing the most difficult and gruesome moment in its history,” said Mukwege [Denis Mukwege, Congolese gynocologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner], who is still active but left Congo this year and has yet to return amid the fighting. 'Today, our children are being massacred, our women are being killed, raped, or raped and then killed. It is one of the most dramatic crises our country has ever experienced'(para 8). "A month into their bondage, the three girls were preparing to escape but were foiled when an M23 fighter overheard them. Salima [17-year-old Congolese rape victim] said one of the trio, a 15-year-old named Safi, tried to run and was...more

Countries: Congo
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"...Rape has been used as a weapon of war through decades of strife between the DRC’s military, ethnic Hutu militias and Tutsi insurgents. That discord is rooted in the 1994 mass slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus in neighboring Rwanda, a genocide that destabilized both nations and has kept them locked in conflict" (para 5). "Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, 70, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work on combating sexual violence in DRC. He has treated tens of thousands of rape victims and survived two wars, including the First Congo War of the late 1990s, when he said armed men massacred colleagues and patients at a hospital...more

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Haiti, India, Iran, Israel, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Taiwan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

2

Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

1

Countries: Congo
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"The Committee also remains concerned about the following:... The fact that HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among women, with a mortality rate nearly twice as high as men, and that complications from premature births and clandestine abortions are also significant causes of death among women... The Committee calls upon the State Party... To legalize abortion, at least in cases of rape, incest, severe fetal impairment and risk to the health or life of the pregnant woman, and decriminalize abortion in all other cases, in recognition that the criminalization of abortion is a form of gender-based violence against women, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 35 (2017)...more

Countries: Congo
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Abortion is illegal except to save the woman's life, and women who undergo abortions can be imprisoned" (Para 9).

Countries: Congo
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Congo's laws do not permit abortion in any situation.

Countries: Congo, El Salvador, Madagascar, Malaysia, Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

8

Countries: Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Congo, D R Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tajikistan, Vanuatu, Zambia
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

11.0

Countries: Congo
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Republic of the Congo ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).

Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

3

Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

0

Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

2

Countries: Congo
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Congo is 66.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).