Countries: Chile, Costa Rica
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"11.5 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"ARTICLE 572.- The legitimate heirs are: 1) Children, parents and spouse, or common-law partner, with the following caveats: a) The legally separated spouse will not have the right to inherit if he or she has caused the separation. Neither can the separated spouse in fact inherit, with respect to the assets acquired by the deceased during the separation. b) If the spouse has property, they will only receive what they lack to complete a portion equal to what they would receive without having them. c) In the succession of an extramarital child, the father will only inherit when he has acknowledged it with his consent, or with that of the...more

Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Código de Familia, Arts. 35, 40 y 41.

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Código Civil, Arts. 572 y 573.

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1

"[Costa Rica has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"Costa Rica [is] in the process of developing a NAP" (2). "Costa Rica, despite not having a NAP, scored high overall due to the government’s strong political commitment to advancing gender equality across the country and within its institutions... [T]he development of a NAP involves many government agencies, not just in the security sector, but also in the legislature. In addition, its National Institute for Women works at a ministerial level and has taken innovative steps to tackle structural gender inequalities at home, including machismo culture" (10). Table 5 titled “Gender Advisors and Gender Equity Offices,” lists the countries in the survey, the first column states whether the country has...more

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, EWCMS-PRACTICE-2, EWCMS-LAW-1, EWCMS-LAW-2, EWCMS-LAW-4, EMCMS-LAW-1

Table 7 titled “Policy and Practice,” lists the countries in the survey and information on accommodations made for women in the military. All military positions are open to women in Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, and Uruguay. All military positions are not open to women in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay. There are recruitment targets in Argentina for the military and it is unknown whether it is the same for the police. Brazil does not have recruitment targets since there are some caps in the military and local caps in the police. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Peru all have no recruitment target...more

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1, EWCMS-DATA-4

Table 6 titled “Women’s Participation as a percentage of the Total Force,” highlights each country in the survey, the percentage of women in their military, deployed, senior military women, percent of women in the police and senior policewomen. Argentina has 17.3% women in the military and 8% deployed. There is no data for the other categories. Brazil has 7.6% women in the military, 8% deployed and 9% of women are police. No data was provided for the percent of senior women in the military or police. Chile has 10% of women in military, 10% deployed, 34% of women in the Police force and 15% senior policewomen. No data was provided...more

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-1

"[W]omen remain under-represented in the military and the police. Even fewer women reach senior ranks" (v).

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1

"No customary practices or rules preventing women from enjoying their inheritance rights could be found" (4).

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"In cases of divorce, the spouses have the right to an equal share of the assets acquired through marriage, unless one of the spouses has been recognised guilty during the procedure of divorce, in which case he or she owes a compensation to the injured part (Family Code, art. 40). Each spouse remains the sole owner of the goods and assets they had acquired before marriage (art. 41)" (8).

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Women, whether married or unmarried, have the same right as men to own, use and make decisions over their land and non-land assets (Constitution, art. 43; Civil Code, art. 287 – 294; Family Code, art. 40 y 41). The article 45 of the Constitution declares private property as inviolable" (7). "Family estates cannot be alienated or sold without the express consent of both spouses (art. 42)" (8).

Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"We found a novel mutation, c. 286G>A p. 96G>R, in GPT2 associated with autosomal recessive severe nonsyndromic intellectual disability in four children of a Costa Rican family of consanguineous marriage" (para 20). These findings indicate prevalence of consanguineous marriage among some Costa Rican communities (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama
Variables: ERBG-DATA-6

"Case studies from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico (Chihuahua) and Panama show that, on average, 22.3 per cent of business owners in Costa Rica are women, 29 per cent in El Salvador, 15.3 per cent in Chihuahua, Mexico, and 22.4 per cent in Panama" (Para. 2).