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Latest items for Georgia

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

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Georgia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report stated that although the government meets the minimum standards, it convicted fewer traffickers and identified its lowest number of victims since 2016. This suggest increasingly lax enforcement (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Georgia
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 Georgia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 10 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
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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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belarus, El Salvador, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Georgia
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 Georgia was 28 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
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 Georgia is 55.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Georgia is 77 years for women and 67 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:22 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
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: Civil Code, Arts. 1158, 1161 and 1168 (2).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Georgia is 68.8 years for men and 77.8 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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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Georgia, Iran
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"12.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '13.9%.'"
Aug. 11, 2023, 2:05 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"The surviving spouse of the deceased as an heir on intestacy is entitled to one quarter of the inheritance together with relatives of the first degree, and to one half of the inheritance together with relatives of the second degree or together with grandparents. If there are both grandparents and descendants of grandparents living, the spouse also receives the share of the other half that under section 1926 would pass to the descendants. (2) If there are relatives neither of the first nor of the second degree nor grandparents living, the surviving spouse receives the whole inheritance...(4) If at the time of the devolution of the inheritance there was separation...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1

"1. Spouses shall have equal shares in the matrimonial property unless they agree otherwise. 2. A court may deviate from the rule of equal shares, taking into account the interests of minor children or the weighty interests of one of the spouses; in particular, the share of one of the spouses may be increased if the minor children reside with him or her, or if he or she is a disabled person, or if the other spouse has spent the matrimonial property to the detriment of the family interests. 3. Based on the above grounds, the court may award each spouse the property that has been acquired by each of...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 12:32 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"Matrimonial property shall be divided by mutual agreement of the spouses, or, if no such agreement is reached, by a court. The court shall determine which thing belongs to which spouse. Things required for professional activities (musical instruments, medical equipment, a book collection, etc.) shall be transferred to the spouse who needs them for his or her professional activities even if they were acquired during the marriage with the joint funds of the spouses. If matrimonial property is divided in such a way that one of the spouses receives the things the value of which exceeds the share to which the spouse is entitled, the other spouse shall be given...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The spouses shall have equal rights to the matrimonial property. The spouses shall possess, use and administer the property by mutual agreement. 1. The matrimonial property shall be administered by agreement of the spouses, regardless of which spouse administers the property. 2. No transaction made by one of the spouses in connection with the administration of the matrimonial property may be declared void upon request of the other spouse on the ground that: a) he/she had no knowledge of the transaction; b) he/she disagreed with the transaction. 3. As a co-owner, a spouse may claim the benefit obtained from the administration of the property. The following shall be the separate...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"In the event of intestacy, the following persons shall inherit in equal shares: I. First degree heirs – the decedent’s children, a child of the decedent born after his/her death, the decedent’s spouse and parents (adoptive parents)" (191). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1997) 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).
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 15, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law prohibits discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Gender Equality Act of 2010, Arts. 2, 4(1), and 9(1). 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. 1152 and 1153. 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:...more
May 15, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
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, Art. 1336 (2).
May 15, 2023, 2:36 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
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, Art. 1336 (2).
April 17, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"Article 1120. Marriage shall not be allowed: a) between the persons at least one of whom is married to a third person; b) between lineal ascendants and descendants; c) between biological and non-biological siblings; d) between an adoptive parent and an adoptee."
March 5, 2023, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"3, 5% of the Georgian population is carry thalassemia gene. Doctors say the disease is inherited and is mostly common among ethnic Azerbaijani population. The reason is so-called ‘cousin marriages’. During the so-called ‘cousin-marriage’ there is huge risk that both parents are carriers of thalassemia recessive gene and their child will have genetic disease. The cousin-marriage is rife among Muslim population in the countries of Near East and Northern Africa...Nobody knows how many cousin-marriages are registered in Georgia. Leyla Mamedova, chairwoman at the Union of Georgian Azerbaijani Youth, said one of the main reasons of cousin-marriages is that they know and trust each other; they do not want to 'bring'...more
Feb. 19, 2023, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2

“...list of countries which suffers from the highest poverty-alcoholism rate in the world; were high levels of incest is plausible although, may or may not be backed by data...” (under the ‘Protector to Predator Incest’ picture).
Feb. 19, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2

“...list of countries which suffers from the highest poverty-alcoholism rate in the world; were high levels of incest is plausible although, may or may not be backed by data...” (under the ‘Protector to Predator Incest’ picture).
Jan. 13, 2023, 9:51 a.m.
Countries: Georgia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Article 11 of the same Chapter of the Constitution of Georgia sets out the equality of human beings before the law, notwithstanding their sex. Hence, Articles 19 and 11 of the Constitution of Georgia combined, set the equal property rights for men and women. One of the laws created to ensure a proper enforcement of the principles stipulated in the Constitution of Georgia – the Civil Code of Georgia –does not specify differences between men and women in exercising their property rights, including purchase, management, sale or transfer of any form of property. All contractual (including those regulating property sale/purchase), family and inheritance norms of this Code are gender-neutral. According...more