Latest items for Estonia
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Estonia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report noted that although the government meets the minimum standards, authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers, marking the fewest prosecutions since 2015. For the second consecutive year, the government changed the methodology for collecting and reporting investigation and identification statistics, making it difficult for the government to understand accurately the trafficking situation in country, discern year-to-year trends, and compare data. The report also stated that the government reported the fewest number of identified victims since it started tracking and reporting data and decreased funding toward victim support services. All these trends suggest increasingly lax...more
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Estonia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report noted that although the government meets the minimum standards, authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers, marking the fewest prosecutions since 2015. For the second consecutive year, the government changed the methodology for collecting and reporting investigation and identification statistics, making it difficult for the government to understand accurately the trafficking situation in country, discern year-to-year trends, and compare data. The report also stated that the government reported the fewest number of identified victims since it started tracking and reporting data and decreased funding toward victim support services. All these trends suggest increasingly lax...more
March 11, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Estonia. No associated activities criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - brothel-keeping and providing premises for 'prostitution' are illegal as is 'facilitating prostitution for gain'." (para 1-3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Estonia. No associated activities criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - brothel-keeping and providing premises for 'prostitution' are illegal as is 'facilitating prostitution for gain'." (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Estonia
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 Estonia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 21 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
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 Estonia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 21 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkmenistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
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Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Estonia
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 Estonia was 5 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
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 Estonia was 5 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
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 Estonia is 60.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
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 Estonia is 60.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Estonia is 81 years for women and 72 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Estonia is 81 years for women and 72 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Estonia is 74.7 years for men and 82.6 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Estonia is 74.7 years for men and 82.6 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
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Variables: BR-SCALE-1
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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"9.9 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"9.9 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 9, 2023, 3:08 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Children of a bequeather succeed in equal shares. Children replacing a deceased parent succeed in equal shares to the share of the estate to which their deceased parent would have had the right" (art. 13). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2009) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Children of a bequeather succeed in equal shares. Children replacing a deceased parent succeed in equal shares to the share of the estate to which their deceased parent would have had the right" (art. 13). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2009) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 9, 2023, 3:07 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"(1) Together with the relatives of a bequeather, the bequeather’s surviving spouse succeeds in intestacy: 1) with first order successors, equally with the share of a child of the bequeather but not to less than one quarter of the estate; 2) with second order successors, to one-half of the estate. (2) If there are no relatives from the first or second orders, the bequeather’s spouse succeeds to the entire estate. (3) In addition to his or her share of the estate, the bequeather’s spouse may request establishment of real right provided for in § 227 of the Law of Property Act on an immovable which was the matrimonial home of...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"(1) Together with the relatives of a bequeather, the bequeather’s surviving spouse succeeds in intestacy: 1) with first order successors, equally with the share of a child of the bequeather but not to less than one quarter of the estate; 2) with second order successors, to one-half of the estate. (2) If there are no relatives from the first or second orders, the bequeather’s spouse succeeds to the entire estate. (3) In addition to his or her share of the estate, the bequeather’s spouse may request establishment of real right provided for in § 227 of the Law of Property Act on an immovable which was the matrimonial home of...more
Aug. 9, 2023, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Spouses participate in the organisation of shared household and earning of income to the best of their ability. A spouse shall select his or her area of activity and operate in his or her area of activity by making the best use of his or her ability to obtain the assets for maintenance of his or her family" (4). " (1) Unless otherwise agreed, spouses shall jointly exercise the rights and perform the obligations relating to joint property. Spouses have the right to possess jointly the objects forming part of their joint property. (2) Spouses may transfer the right to administer joint property to one of the spouses by a...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Spouses participate in the organisation of shared household and earning of income to the best of their ability. A spouse shall select his or her area of activity and operate in his or her area of activity by making the best use of his or her ability to obtain the assets for maintenance of his or her family" (4). " (1) Unless otherwise agreed, spouses shall jointly exercise the rights and perform the obligations relating to joint property. Spouses have the right to possess jointly the objects forming part of their joint property. (2) Spouses may transfer the right to administer joint property to one of the spouses by a...more
Aug. 9, 2023, 2:44 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"(1) At the request of a spouse, a court shall divide the objects of standard furnishings of the housing of the family which are in common ownership of the spouses fairly and rationally. (2) An object of standard furnishings connected with the housing of the family which the spouses have acquired during marriage for a charge for use in their shared household, shall be deemed to be in the joint ownership of the spouses in the case of division of property pursuant to subsection (1) of this section unless the sole ownership of one spouse with respect to this object is proved. (3) An object transfer into the ownership of...more
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"(1) At the request of a spouse, a court shall divide the objects of standard furnishings of the housing of the family which are in common ownership of the spouses fairly and rationally. (2) An object of standard furnishings connected with the housing of the family which the spouses have acquired during marriage for a charge for use in their shared household, shall be deemed to be in the joint ownership of the spouses in the case of division of property pursuant to subsection (1) of this section unless the sole ownership of one spouse with respect to this object is proved. (3) An object transfer into the ownership of...more
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
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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Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
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April 11, 2023, 10:06 a.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
Article 2. Prohibition on consanguineous marriage. "A marriage shall not be contracted: 1) between relatives in the ascending and descending lines; 2) between brothers and sisters and a half-brothers and a half-sisters."
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
Article 2. Prohibition on consanguineous marriage. "A marriage shall not be contracted: 1) between relatives in the ascending and descending lines; 2) between brothers and sisters and a half-brothers and a half-sisters."
April 10, 2023, 9:14 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The offspring of first cousins (who have increased homozygosity) were predicted to be up to 3 cm shorter on average than the offspring of unrelated parents" (para 2) "Figure 1 shows the sample means, with 95% confidence intervals, of these three measures of genome-wide homozygosity. Whereas in general the three measures were strongly correlated, differences were observed, particularly between FROHLD and Fhom. For example, the Estonian sample (Estonian Genome Centre of University of Tartu [EGCUT]) had the second highest mean value for Fhom, but it had one of the lowest mean values for FROHLD. For all three measures of genome-wide homozygosity there is a continuum of values [...] There are...more
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"The offspring of first cousins (who have increased homozygosity) were predicted to be up to 3 cm shorter on average than the offspring of unrelated parents" (para 2) "Figure 1 shows the sample means, with 95% confidence intervals, of these three measures of genome-wide homozygosity. Whereas in general the three measures were strongly correlated, differences were observed, particularly between FROHLD and Fhom. For example, the Estonian sample (Estonian Genome Centre of University of Tartu [EGCUT]) had the second highest mean value for Fhom, but it had one of the lowest mean values for FROHLD. For all three measures of genome-wide homozygosity there is a continuum of values [...] There are...more
Feb. 13, 2023, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"Women are less likely than men in nearly all EU Member States to report that they have access to training on starting and growing a business. The exceptions were Hungary, Latvia and Estonia, where women are as likely as men to feel that they can access training, and Sweden, where women are slightly more likely to feel that they can access training" (para 9).
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"Women are less likely than men in nearly all EU Member States to report that they have access to training on starting and growing a business. The exceptions were Hungary, Latvia and Estonia, where women are as likely as men to feel that they can access training, and Sweden, where women are slightly more likely to feel that they can access training" (para 9).
Jan. 16, 2023, 10:17 a.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The table titled "Almost 7/10 Italian Doctors Refuse to Carry out Abortions," shows that Estonia currently provides the right to conscientious objection over abortion, according to the WHO's 2018 Global Abortion Policies Database (para 14).
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The table titled "Almost 7/10 Italian Doctors Refuse to Carry out Abortions," shows that Estonia currently provides the right to conscientious objection over abortion, according to the WHO's 2018 Global Abortion Policies Database (para 14).
Jan. 6, 2023, 4:14 p.m.
Countries: Estonia, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United States
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Sex offenders will be offered chemical castration in Thailand in a bid to cut down reoffending after lawmakers approved the controversial procedure...If approved, Thailand would join a small group of countries that use chemical castration, among them Poland, South Korea, Russia and Estonia, plus some U.S. states" (para 1, 6).
Variables: LRW-LAW-2
"Sex offenders will be offered chemical castration in Thailand in a bid to cut down reoffending after lawmakers approved the controversial procedure...If approved, Thailand would join a small group of countries that use chemical castration, among them Poland, South Korea, Russia and Estonia, plus some U.S. states" (para 1, 6).
Jan. 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Additionally, regarding land, property and other non-land assets, women and men are provided with the same rights after divorce or separation to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Family Law Act, sect. 37)" (6).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Additionally, regarding land, property and other non-land assets, women and men are provided with the same rights after divorce or separation to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Family Law Act, sect. 37)" (6).
Jan. 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"There is no legal discrimination regarding inheritance and there are no practices which may restrict these rights" (3).
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"There is no legal discrimination regarding inheritance and there are no practices which may restrict these rights" (3).
Jan. 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"The law provides daughters with the same rights as sons to inherit land and non-land assets (Law of Succession Act, sect. 13). The law provides female surviving spouses with the same rights as male surviving spouses to inherit land and non-land assets (Law of Succession Act, sect. 16 & 17). Women and men are granted the same rights to make a will (Law of Succession Act, sect. 19). There is no legal discrimination regarding inheritance and there are no practices which may restrict these rights" (3).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1
"The law provides daughters with the same rights as sons to inherit land and non-land assets (Law of Succession Act, sect. 13). The law provides female surviving spouses with the same rights as male surviving spouses to inherit land and non-land assets (Law of Succession Act, sect. 16 & 17). Women and men are granted the same rights to make a will (Law of Succession Act, sect. 19). There is no legal discrimination regarding inheritance and there are no practices which may restrict these rights" (3).
Jan. 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Regarding land, property and other non-land assets, the law provides married women with the same rights as married men to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Family Law Act, sect. 28 & 57). Regarding land, property and other non-land assets, the law provides unmarried women with the same rights as unmarried men to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Constitution, art. 32)...Furthermore, regarding marital property, a married woman has the same rights as a married man to administer (Family Law Act, sect. 28 & 41). No restrictions were located regarding joint land titling for land used or acquired by married couples and informal unions (Law of...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Regarding land, property and other non-land assets, the law provides married women with the same rights as married men to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Family Law Act, sect. 28 & 57). Regarding land, property and other non-land assets, the law provides unmarried women with the same rights as unmarried men to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Constitution, art. 32)...Furthermore, regarding marital property, a married woman has the same rights as a married man to administer (Family Law Act, sect. 28 & 41). No restrictions were located regarding joint land titling for land used or acquired by married couples and informal unions (Law of...more
Jan. 6, 2023, 12:36 p.m.
Countries: Estonia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, LO-LAW-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"The law provides the same legal status and rights for women as for men, including under family, religious, personal status, and nationality laws as well as laws related to labor, property, inheritance, employment, access to credit, and owning or managing businesses or property. The government generally enforced such laws" (11).
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, LO-LAW-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1
"The law provides the same legal status and rights for women as for men, including under family, religious, personal status, and nationality laws as well as laws related to labor, property, inheritance, employment, access to credit, and owning or managing businesses or property. The government generally enforced such laws" (11).