Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

14.0

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"He calls it the epicenter of Gambian sex tourism. 'Couples don’t even try to hide it,' he says. 'Here in Serekunda, sex for money has become the norm.' Cham says this phenomenon impacts the entire community. 'It paves the way to other kinds of abuse,' he explains. 'Pedophilia is also getting to be more common. White men rent villas and let the bumsters (a name for men who run sex tourism) bring them kids. That’s how sex tourism is ruining an entire generation'" (para 7). The extension of prostitution from adults to children signifies that many of those engaged in prostitution have few to no rights relative to those who...more

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex and soliciting to sell sex are criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - procuring, enticing or leading away for 'prostitution'; exploiting or being an accomplice in the 'prostitution of another' (even with consent); living on the earnings all criminalised.

Countries: Gambia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Gambia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

4

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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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: Gambia
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 Gambia is 57.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Gambia is 63.4 years for men and 67.7 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"32.3 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2

"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow 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...more

Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Every woman, whether by means of inheritance or otherwise, has the right to acquire and own, movable and immovable property, and to administer, manage and dispose of, the property freely without restrictions" (10). "A woman has the right to acquire her own property and to administer and manage it freely" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to women's property ownership 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).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 45 (2).

Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses do not have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 44(2).