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June 22, 2023, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"Persons who are related to one another in the direct ascending or descending line, for example father and daughter, may not marry. Nor may brothers and sisters of the full blood enter into marriage. However, following application, the county administrative board may grant permission to half brothers and sisters to marry each other."
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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June 4, 2023, 1:12 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
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: Inheritance Code, Ch. 2 Sec. 1.
June 4, 2023, 1:12 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
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: Discrimination Act, Ch. 2 Sec. 12. 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: no source provided. 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: Companies Act, Ch. 2 Sec. 1; Discrimination...more
June 4, 2023, 1:12 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
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: Inheritance Code, Ch. 3 Sec. 1.
June 2, 2023, 8:44 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

This analysis collected data on the proportion of consanguineous marriages in 72 different geopolitical regions from www.consang.net in October 2010, referencing many of the same 381 surveys as Alan H. Bittles' report (1998) which included information for 6.55 million marriages. In cases when multiple estimates were provided for regions, they computed the mean percentage of consanguineous marriages by weighting individual estimates according to sample size. Table 1 of the appendix summarizes consanguineous marriage data. It shows that Sweden's weighted mean consanguineous percentage is 0.653% (VC-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2023, 10:06 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-LAW-1

"[E]ach spouse owns his/her respective property and is responsible for his or her own debts. On divorce, the net value of all marital property must, in principle, be divided equally between the spouses. Each spouse is entitled to have their own property allocated to them in the division of property (Chapter 11, section 7, Marriage Code). If the value of the property of the first spouse exceeds the value of the property of the other spouse, the first spouse has the choice of either compensating the other spouse with money or by allocating property to him or her. Each spouse must receive property or funds equalling half of the combined...more
May 2, 2023, 9:53 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"Swedish divorce law where both parties are treated equally, no matter the circumstances, is grossly unfair and shortsighted" (para 8).
April 7, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: IAW-LAW-2

"Most female owners I know have inherited their holdings or bought farming including forest" (20).
April 7, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"I see an increased interest among women and young adults to dare to talk money and ownership... We already see a difference in statistics with the amount of young women owning stocks increasing" (10). "The real principal is the one who either owns the most in a company or earns the most from the company’s business. According to the Swedish Companies Act, 26% of real principals are women (the Swedish Companies Registration Office 2018)" (15). " Here too, women shine with their absence. One of the explanations for this is believed to be that the real estate industry is heavily linked to another highly male-dominated industry the construction industry... First...more
Feb. 13, 2023, 2:58 p.m.
Countries: Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"Women are less likely than men in nearly all EU Member States to report that they have access to training on starting and growing a business. The exceptions were Hungary, Latvia and Estonia, where women are as likely as men to feel that they can access training, and Sweden, where women are slightly more likely to feel that they can access training" (para 9).
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5

0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
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

0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Countries: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Maldives, Moldova, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2

0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:42 p.m.
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

0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Dec. 5, 2022, noon
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Dec. 5, 2022, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Dec. 5, 2022, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Sweden, Sweden, Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Dec. 5, 2022, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Sweden, Sweden, Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Dec. 5, 2022, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Sweden, Sweden, Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6, ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 9:01 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 8:58 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 8:48 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 8:29 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 8:19 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 8:12 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 7:59 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 7:53 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more
Nov. 30, 2022, 12:58 a.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

The Swedish Foreign Service Action Plan for Feminist Foreign Policy 2019-2022 "This action plan sets out the direction of the work on the feminist foreign policy for the current electoral period, focusing on 2020" (4). "The objectives require the Foreign Service to contribute to all women’s and girls’ i) full enjoyment of human rights, ii) freedom from physical, psychological and sexual violence, iii) participation in preventing and resolving conflicts, and post-conflict peacebuilding, iv) political participation and influence in all areas of society, v) economic rights and empowerment, and vi) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). These are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the global agenda and bring...more