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Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Malta
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 Malta who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 17 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Australia, Czech Republic, Iceland, Israel, Macedonia, Malta, Spain
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: 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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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Malta
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 Malta was 3 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Malta
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 Malta is 54.5% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Malta is 85 years for women and 81 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Malta is 79.9 years for men and 83.8 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: Belarus, Germany, Malta, Serbia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"9.1 births per 1000 population"
Aug. 31, 2023, 11:14 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"(1) Saving the provisions of article 815, children or other descendants succeed to their father and mother or other ascendants without distinction of sex, and whether they are born or conceived in marriage or otherwise and whether they are of the same or of different marriages. (2) They succeed per capita when they are all in the first degree; they succeed per stirpes when all, or some of them, take by representation" (191). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2017) 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...more
Aug. 31, 2023, 11:12 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Where the deceased has left no children or other descendants but is survived by a spouse the succession devolves on the spouse" (191). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2017) 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).
Aug. 31, 2023, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The ordinary administration of the acquests and the right to sue or to be sued in respect of such ordinary administration, shall vest in either spouse" (269). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2017) relating to marital property administration 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).
Aug. 28, 2023, 9:50 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '10.2%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.8%.'"
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ACR-PRACTICE-1

"Malta’s laws mean that campaigners at least have nothing to lose.Women’s rights groups are increasingly organised. The word 'abortion' is no longer so taboo (conversations like ours would, she says, have been unimaginable even five years ago). Activists take succor, too, from the fact that legislation has been passed that will allow fetuses that are the result of IVF to be tested for nine life-threatening genetic diseases, including Huntingdon’s (though such embryos will not be destroyed). The language around this change has pushed the debate forwards" (Para.23).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: DACH-DATA-2

"How many Maltese women are currently having abortions? In terms of unsupervised illegal abortions using pills taken in Malta, some data exists. In 2021, for instance, 350 packets were shipped to the island. But these numbers do not include pills already in Malta, passed on by friends or well-wishers, or those who want or need to travel (either those who do not want to break the law, or whose pregnancies are too advanced). 'On average, 55 women travel to Britain every year,' says Stabile. 'But this is the only country we have data for.' "(Para.16).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Activists tie banners to the fence outside the a court in Valletta, Malta, last week, on the day the Women’s Rights Foundation filed a judicial protest on behalf of 188 women, saying the ban on abortion breached their human rights" (Para.5). "Activists tie banners to a fence in San Gwann, Malta last week, the same week the Women’s Rights Foundation filed a judicial protest on behalf of 188 women, saying the ban on abortion breached their human rights" (Para.6).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, LBHO-PRACTICE-1, LBHO-DATA-1

"In one recent study, 20% of respondents said that rape can be provoked. Women continue to be largely absent from public life. Even after the implementation of a mechanism to enable political parties to appoint women directly to parliament, only 27.8% of Maltese MPs are female" (Para.20).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-4

"Malta, which joined the EU in 2004, likes to boast of its liberal credentials. After the (long overdue) legalisation of divorce in the country in 2011, it has since become possible for gay couples to marry, and for transgender people easily to update their birth records to reflect their chosen gender" (Para.11).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

"In Malta, a person who supports a woman who is having an abortion is also deemed to be breaking the law, which makes it extremely difficult for doctors properly to treat their patients (there have been successful prosecutions)"(Para.13).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"[I]n Malta, ... abortion is illegal" (Para.3). "Malta is the only country in the EU where abortion is illegal for any reason, including rape and incest (even in Poland, where restrictions on abortion have been dramatically tightened, a woman who has been raped is still, in theory, entitled to an abortion). If a fetus is found to be unviable, or the baby likely to die at birth or soon afterwards, the pregnancy must continue. If the health of the mother is threatened – as in the case of an ectopic pregnancy – doctors will act, if at all, only when it may already be too late." (Para.11).
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1

"Activists tie banners to the fence outside the a court in Valletta, Malta, last week, on the day the Women’s Rights Foundation filed a judicial protest on behalf of 188 women, saying the ban on abortion breached their human rights" (Para.5). "[E]lle didn’t have to have an illegal abortion in Malta. She travelled with her mother to the UK, and took her pills there, under the supervision of a British clinic – and in this sense, she feels she was lucky (most women dare not risk talking to their mothers, and go through the entire experience alone)" (Para.7). "In Malta, a person who supports a woman who is having an...more
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2

"What makes this situation all the more vexatious is the fact that contraception is neither free nor easily available in Malta – and there is widespread ignorance about conception (sex education in schools tends to focus on abstinence and marriage)" (Para.15). "How many Maltese women are currently having abortions? In terms of unsupervised illegal abortions using pills taken in Malta, some data exists. In 2021, for instance, 350 packets were shipped to the island. But these numbers do not include pills already in Malta, passed on by friends or well-wishers, or those who want or need to travel (either those who do not want to break the law, or whose...more
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"The openly pro-choice regularly receive death threats in Malta; they are murderers and butchers and baby-killers, and should be lined up and shot. Those who have had abortions are sluts who should learn to 'keep their legs closed'; if they’re unable to do this, it’s their sacred duty to become mothers, irrespective of their circumstances. Not so long ago, an anti-abortion government minister was informed of the numbers of Maltese women who each year travel to have a termination" (Para.10). "Malta’s laws mean that campaigners at least have nothing to lose.Women’s rights groups are increasingly organised. The word 'abortion' is no longer so taboo (conversations like ours would, she says,...more
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ABO-DATA-1

"How many Maltese women are currently having abortions? In terms of unsupervised illegal abortions using pills taken in Malta, some data exists. In 2021, for instance, 350 packets were shipped to the island. But these numbers do not include pills already in Malta, passed on by friends or well-wishers, or those who want or need to travel (either those who do not want to break the law, or whose pregnancies are too advanced). 'On average, 55 women travel to Britain every year,' says Stabile. 'But this is the only country we have data for.' "(Para.16). "In 2020, an organisation called Doctors for Choice set up a 24-hour helpline for women...more
June 18, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-1

"In cases of domestic violence and femicide, women almost always take the blame in the court of public opinion (Malta was obsessed by the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard libel case, which confirmed many people’s ideas about victims)."(Para.20).
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 11, 2023, 8:16 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"It will be seen that 1st cousin marriages were the commonest type of union in Malta prior to 1917. With the precipitous fall in consanguinity rates, after the 2nd World War, they are no longer the commonest type of cousin marriage" (para 6). "The consanguinity rate for 1943 was the highest (4.4%) for years. This was due to the dislocation of population because of enemy bombing, with families naturally seeking refuge with relatives during the war years with consequent closer contact between cousins" (para 11).