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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Countries: Malawi
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 Malawi who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 30 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Malawi
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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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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Countries: Malawi
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 Malawi was 381 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Malawi
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malawi is 66 years for women and 59 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

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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Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Upon intestacy, the persons entitled to inherit the intestate of fair property shall be the members of the immediate family and dependents of the intestate, and their shares shall be ascertained upon the following principles of fair distribution—(a) protection shall be provided for members of the immediate family and dependents from hardship so far as the property available for distribution can provide such protection; (b) every spouse of the intestate shall be entitled to retain all the household belongings which belong to his or her household; (c) if any property shall remain after paragraphs (a) and (b) have been complied with, the remaining property shall be divided between the surviving...more

Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

(CODER COMMENT- ERD: First cousins, but not second cousins are listed as prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity in section 15)

Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"The Yao are a Bantu-speaking group in Malawi (formerly Nyasaland). The population in 1945, exclusive of a large number in Mozambique, was 360,000...According to Mitchell, the Yao had a strong tradition of cross-cousin marriage with some preference for the patrilateral cross-cousin. The Yao said that all first marriages of a man should be with a cross-cousin even though the frequency of such marriages was only 15 % (Mitchell 1956 : 200). However, the divorce rate was high – 80 % of men and women over 40 had been divorced at least once –and it may be that the total frequency of cross-cousin marriage was higher. Marriages to other types of...more

Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1

"Strong laws are the first line of defense against sexual exploitation, but strong implementation is equally critical in ensuring protection for women and girls. In Malawi, few perpetrators of sex trafficking are held to account for their violations highlighting the gap between the law and implementation with regard to this violation." (Para.3). "The justice system in Malawi is failing survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking. Law enforcement is failing to investigate or prosecute cases properly, if at all. In 2021 for example, Malawi did not report investigating any sex trafficking crimes with most of the cases reported relating to trafficking for labor exploitation. When the few cases that make it...more

Countries: Malawi
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2

"In Malawi, one in every five women girls is at risk of sexual violence and abuse and 42% of girls experience physical violence before their 18th birthday. One particularly prevalent form of violence and abuse is trafficking for sexual exploitation (sex trafficking). Research reports reveal that in identified hotspots, there are between 500 to 1,500 women and children trafficked within Malawi annually, with at least 30% of those aged between 14 and 18 years." (Para.1). "Maggie’s case is emblematic of a wider issue with Malawi’s response to sex trafficking. Malawi is a source, destination, and transit country. Women and girls are trafficked from Malawi to the broader Southern Africa region...more

Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1

"Traffickers capitalize on the vulnerabilities created by poverty, minimal education levels, unemployment, and a general lack of economic opportunities. They often lure their victims by promising employment and education opportunities. Within Malawi, sexually exploited girls and women may be made to work at local bars and rest houses where they are coerced to have sex with customers. Women and girls may also be trafficked by truck drivers along major truck routes who promise them jobs, marriage, and education but the end destination for them is not employment but a life of sexual abuse and exploitation. Such criminal activity generates high profits for perpetrators and comes with a low risk of...more

Countries: Malawi
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

"Trafficking in Malawi manifests in various forms including exploitation through prostitution, child marriage, exploitation of children in the agricultural and tourism sectors, and in domestic work. Commercial sexual exploitation of children is one of the most prevalent forms of sexual exploitation in Malawi. Children who are not registered at birth in most instances never formally acquire a nationality and are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation" (Para.9).

Countries: Malawi
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"Do sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents? Yes Deceased Estates (Wills, Inheritance and Protection) Act, Sec. 17" (2). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2011) relating to inheritance as daughters are still current as of July 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (SFR - CODER COMMENT).