Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Currently the Code of Administrative Violations provides a fine of EUR 350 to EUR 700 for private persons and EUR 700 to EUR 1 400 for legal persons for breach of prostitution limitation rules" (para 1 ). "Cabinet of Ministers requirements state minors are not allowed to engage in prostitution. Rules also state persons can be offered and provided paid sexual services only in the property owned or rented by the person" (para 1). "Rules also state persons are not allowed to engage in prostitution if the housing in which paid sexual services are to be provided is located closer than 100 m away from a school or church, if...more

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"Bole also referenced the number of people punished for violations in this field – in 2018 in 53 cases persons were administratively punished, 67 private persons and one legal person were punished for prostitution" (para 13).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Latvia but only under certain restrictive conditions. The sex must take place in premises that is owned or rented by the sex worker. That effectively means that sex workers are forced to work alone. Law also states that premises cannot be 100m from educational institution or church, minor cannot be present and no-one in property must object to sex work taking place. Selling sex in public is also illegal. Local governments have power to set zones for where sex work can and cannot take place. It is also illegal to offer and advertise sexual services on the internet. Is buying sex...more

Countries: Latvia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

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

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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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: 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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Countries: Latvia
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 Latvia is 55.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Latvia is 70.6 years for men and 79.8 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"A minor or a person who does not have a health card is prohibited to be engaged in prostitution. A person who is engaged in prostitution (hereinafter – person) shall be issued a health card (Annex) by a dermatologist or venereologist after the initial health examination" (p 1). "A person is allowed to offer or provide sexual services for fee only in a living space which is his or her property or regarding which he or she has entered into a rental contract" (p 1). "A person is prohibited to offer or provide sexual services for fee, as well as to receive such services in the living space referred to...more

Countries: Latvia, Slovenia, Thailand
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"8.7 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Latvia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Pursuant to law, invited to inherit are 1) the spouse, 2) kin and 3) adoptees. The surviving spouse shall inherit from the deceased regardless of the form of property relationship that was in effect between the spouses during their marriage" (103). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 1998) 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).

Countries: Latvia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '26.5%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '16.5%.'"

Countries: Latvia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"The Church dulls the potential moral strength of extended kin bonds by strongly discouraging cross-cousin marriages in most cir-cumstances, and by upholding the right of its members to bequeath property to non-kinship organizations. And the Church competes directly with kin authority by providing an alternative to familial roles for those electing to become priests and nuns" (237)

Countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2

“There is also significant variation in the share of women managers in different parts of the EU. In Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Latvia over 40 per cent of managers are women – more than five per cent above the EU average – whereas in Greece and the Czech Republic, less than 30 per cent of managers are women” (top half of page).