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Latest items for Ethiopia

Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Angola, Bahrain, Botswana, Congo, D R Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tajikistan, Vanuatu, Zambia
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ethiopia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but other associated activities are criminalised. Immoral soliciting and debauchery are criminalised under penal code. It is also illegal to advertise for "debauchery". Is buying sex criminalised? No specific crime of buying sex. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - "habitual exploitation for material gain" criminalises "Whoever, for gain, makes a profession of or lives by procuring or on the prostitution or immorality of another, or maintains, as a landlord or keeper, a brothel" (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 37 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
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

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
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

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
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

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Jan. 22, 2024, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IM-DATA-1

"From the very first first days of this war, civilians have been targets of violence, fear and death. Thousands of women have been raped, Tigrayans have 'disappeared' from their places of employment, even in the capitol of Addis Ababa, bodies are being left for the hyenas and millions are at risk. Starvation is being used as a weapon of war. The Tigray region has been without electricity, telecom, banking and other basic services for two years, and has found humanitarian assistance to be extremely limited because of government blockades. The medical infrastructure has been decimated. The infant mortality rate, or babies dying within the first month of life is now...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

"Women are dying during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth at five times the rate before the war, and children under 5 are dying at twice the prewar rate" (para 7).
Jan. 22, 2024, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

"A military campaign that was supposed to last days has stretched into months, inflicting severe suffering on untold numbers of people. War crimes, rape, torture, starvation and death have resulted in a humanitarian crisis, heading to full-blown genocide" (para 2). "Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for his role in ending the decadeslong conflict with its northern neighbor, Eritrea, and ushering peace into the region, is a full participant in the genocide. The pact Abiy made with Eritrean leader Isaias Afwerki led to both of them aligning against the people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in an effort to, as one Ethiopian...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 7:07 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"From the very first first days of this war, civilians have been targets of violence, fear and death. Thousands of women have been raped, Tigrayans have 'disappeared' from their places of employment, even in the capitol of Addis Ababa, bodies are being left for the hyenas and millions are at risk. The infant mortality rate, or babies dying within the first month of life is now four times higher than it was just two years ago. Women are dying during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth at five times the rate before the war, and children under 5 are dying at twice the prewar rate" (para 6-7).more
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia was 267 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia is 75% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Ethiopia is 68 years for women and 62 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Ethiopia is 66.9 years for men and 70.5 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 5, 2023, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
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: Revised Family Code Proclamation, Arts. 57, 58, and 62.
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"31.3 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 9, 2023, 4:11 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"The sex, age and nationality of the heir shall not affect in any way the ascertainment of his rights to the succession" (157). "The children of the deceased shall be the first to be called to his succession. (2) Each of them shall receive an equal portion of the succession. (3) Where the children, or one of the children of the deceased are dead and are survived by descendants, they shall be represented in the successions by such descendants" (158). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1960) relating to inheritance are still current as of 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting...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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May 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Reports from inside Tigray say many women and girls are being forced to turn to sex work to survive while others suggest there has been an increase in suicide" (Para.4). "[M]any women and girls in Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, are engaging in survival sex, including underage girls and women who once had promising careers" (Para.9). "For many desperate Tigryan women who had exhausted all alternatives, sex work offers the only lifeline" (Para.12). "Smugglers blame Tigray authorities for systematically putting them out of operation by setting up border posts with officers who restrict, block and confiscate remittances, which have already been made illegal by the Ethiopian government" (Para.18). "An internal decree seen...more
May 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"Hunger in the besieged region of Tigray is pushing people to increasingly desperate measures as the authorities are systematically blocking and confiscating remittances needed by millions of people" (para 1). CC (By blocking and confiscating remittances, the government contrary to its mandate pushes women to join sex work and prostitute themselves to provide for their families).
May 15, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Civil Code, Arts. 1678 and 1712. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Revised Commercial Code, Art. 21....more
May 15, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
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: Civil Code of Ethiopia, Arts. 837 and 842.
May 15, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Civil Code of Ethiopia, Arts. 842-847.
April 10, 2023, 9:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"In Ethiopia, most of the population was historically rigidly opposed to cousin marriage, and could consider up to third cousins the equivalent of brother and sister, with marriage at least ostensibly prohibited out to sixth cousins.[54] They also took affinal prohibitions very seriously. The prospect of a man marrying a former wife's "sister" was seen as incest, and conversely for a woman and her former husband's 'brother'.[55] Though Muslims make up over a third of the Ethiopian population, and Islam has been present in the country since the time of Muhammad, cross-cousin marriage is very rare among most Ethiopian Muslims.[56] In contrast to the Nigerian situation, in Ethiopia, Islam cannot...more
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: LO-DATA-1

"The Government devised the Micro and Small Enterprises Strategy that facilitates access to finance through saving and credits; provision of capacity building and skills training in business and entrepreneurship; and creation and strengthening of market access for women entrepreneurs" (17). “The Strategy facilitates the provision of access to finance through saving and credits, capacity building, skills training and market access for women entrepreneurs... the total number of beneficiaries on the financial services showed increasing trend over the years. The 610,789 beneficiaries in 2009 reached 1,457,339 in 2010, 4,098,313 in 2012 and 6.9 million in 2013. Between 2010 and 2013, women constituted 40 per cent of the beneficiaries of these services....more