Countries: Hungary, Lithuania
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

“The EU country with the highest percentage of women managers is Lithuania, at 45 per cent, followed by Hungary, 43 per cent” (top half of page). “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).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"A joint community property right is exercised when the parts of the ownership of each owner in the joint community property are defined, and the joint community property ownership is when the parts of ownership are not explicitly defined (for example, all property is presumed to be joint community property of spouses property shall be presumed to be joint community property and the shares belonging to them are not indicated separately)" (para 11).

Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1

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Countries: Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1

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Countries: Lithuania
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"The National Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men for 2015–21 (herinafter – the Programme for 2015–21) is one of the main gender equality policy documents in Lithuania, with the aim of systematically and consistently implementing the issues for the equal opportunities of women and men in all areas in accordance with EU and international commitments in the field of equality between women and men. Main objectives of the Programme for 2015–21 are to promote equal opportunities for women and men in the field of employment and work; to seek a balanced participation of women and men in decision-making and in occupying the highest positions; to increase the effectiveness...more

Countries: Lithuania
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, Arts. 5.11 and 5.13 .

Countries: Lithuania
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: Law on Equal Opportunities of Women and Men, Art. 7. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law allows a woman to sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Civil Code, Arts. 3.3(1) and 3.29. 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...more

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"Divorce by mutual consent may be granted if the marriage has been contracted for at least a year and if the spouses have agreed on a contract regulating the consequences of their divorce (property, children, maintenance payment…) (Civil Code, Article 3.51.1)" (3). "Joint property ceases to be from the moment of the commencement of divorce proceedings (Civil Code, Article 3.67.1). The shares are presumed to be equal when dividing assets (Civil Code, Article 3.117)" (4).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The statutory legal regime of spouses is joint community property, meaning that property acquired by the spouses after the commencement of their marriage is to be considered part of their joint property (Civil Code, Article 3.87). They both retain personal rights on their respective individual property (Civil Code, Article 3.89). Spouses can also decide on a different legal regime contractually (Civil Code, Article 3.101)" (2-3). "Informal or de facto relationships are regulated by Articles 3229-3235 of the Civil Code. In those cases (Civil Code, Article 3.229), the law provides for community property (Civil Code, Article 3.230) with a presumption of equal shares in case of division of assets (Civil Code,...more

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Female and male surviving spouse have equal rights to inherit through intestate succession together with first of second class heirs. When there are no more than three heirs (the spouse excluded), the surviving spouse inherits one fourth of the inheritance together with the first degree heirs. In cases where there are more than three heirs, the spouse inherits in equal shares with the other heirs. When the spouse inherits as a second class heirs, he or she is entitled to half of the inheritance (Civil Code, Article 5.13)" (4).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, IIP-LAW-2

"The law prohibits sexual harassment. On February 18, the media reported that several female cyclists had endured years of sexual harassment by Antanas Jakimavicius, the coach of the national cycling team. In response, Minister of Education, Science, and Sport Algirdas Monkevicius, president of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee Daina Gudzineviciute, and the heads of the Lithuanian Cycling Federation organized a discussion on how to prevent sexual harassment in sports" (12).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Rape and domestic violence are criminal offenses. Penalties for domestic violence depend on the level of injury to the victim, ranging from required public service to life imprisonment. In the first eight months of the year, authorities received 77 reports of rape, compared with 82 during the same period in 2018. Convicted rapists generally received prison sentences of three to five years. No law specifically criminalizes spousal rape, and no data on spousal rape was available" (11). "...On May 26, a 17-year-old girl in the Taurage region survived an attempted rape, but she was seriously injured by a 17-year-old boy at a party. When emergency services arrived, she had a...more

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1

"...According to the Ministry of the Interior, during the first eight months of the year, officials opened three criminal cases involving child pornography…" (13).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: LRW-LAW-1

"Rape and domestic violence are criminal offenses. Penalties for domestic violence depend on the level of injury to the victim, ranging from required public service to life imprisonment. In the first eight months of the year, authorities received 77 reports of rape, compared with 82 during the same period in 2018. Convicted rapists generally received prison sentences of three to five years. No law specifically criminalizes spousal rape, and no data on spousal rape was available" (11). "...The age of consent is 16" (13).

Countries: Lithuania
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2

"The law prohibits employment discrimination but does not specifically address HIV-positive or other communicable disease status, or gender identity. The law obliges the employer to implement the principles of gender equality and nondiscrimination, which prohibit direct and indirect discrimination, and psychological and sexual harassment. The employer must apply the same selection criteria and conditions when hiring new employees; provide equal working conditions, opportunities for professional development, and benefits; apply equal and uniform criteria for dismissal; pay equal wages for the same work and for work of equal value; and take measures to prevent psychological and sexual harassment in the workplace. The government effectively enforced the law, issuing penalties adequate to...more