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March 19, 2024, 12:28 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"Law enforcement agencies and other security wings often lack the knowledge, understanding and interpretation of the law regarding the criminalisation of certain aspects of sex work. In most instances, sex workers when arrested during night raids and charged with curfew, they end up having sex with the law enforcers in order to be released" (para 11).
March 19, 2024, 12:28 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"Lack of access to legal services and redress due to bias by the judiciary system and acknowledgement that sex workers have human rights that needs to be respected. Many state entities are silent to many cases of human rights violations faced by sex workers in Zambia" (para 12).
March 19, 2024, 12:28 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"Violence from clients, who act with impunity because of the patriarchal privileges and lack of action from the police" (para 10). "High HIV prevalence in some semi urban and rural districts due to lack of better and informed tailored access to basic health, social, sexual reproductive health and rights services for sex workers" (para 14).
March 19, 2024, 12:28 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Sex workers face many challenges in Zambia because of the perceptions and myths surrounding the existence of the profession and choice of work" (para 8). "All sex workers experience stigma and discrimination, though this manifests differently for the different ‘sub groups’ of sex workers from the communities where they live and places of work. Parallel programming that aims to ‘reform’ sex workers further stigmatises and makes sex workers more vulnerable to abuse, beatings and hate speech. This seems to be most hostile towards the street and bar-based sex workers. Families of sex workers are also highly discriminated by association and living with them" (para 9).
March 19, 2024, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 4).
March 19, 2024, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5).
March 19, 2024, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex itself is legal but it is a criminal offence to be a "common prostitute behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in any public place" and it is also criminalised to persisently solicit in a public place for an immoral purpose" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Brothel-keeping, procuring and living on the earnings are criminalised. A male person soliciting in public for others' 'prostitution' is also criminalised" (para 3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
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 Zambia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 41 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
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: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Zambia
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 Zambia was 135 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
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 Zambia is 54.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Zambia is 64 years for women and 58 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Zambia is 59.5 years for men and 65.4 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon, Zambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"33.8 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 26, 2023, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia, Japan, Zambia
Variables: DACH-LAW-1

"Spanish lawmakers adopted on Thursday a new bill creating a menstrual leave for women suffering from painful periods and strengthening access to abortion in public hospitals...When this bill is finally adopted, Spain will become the first country in Europe and one of the few in the world to integrate this measure into its legislation, following the example of Japan, Indonesia or Zambia" (para 1, 6)
Sept. 8, 2023, 1:47 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '29%.'"
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 8, 2023, 7:49 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

(VC-CODER COMMENT) The Zambia Daily Times is a popculture social media news source which has a large online following of Zambians. The source demonstrates that the practice of marriage between relatives is uncommon and socially taboo in most communities. "SOLWEZI MAN MARRIES HIS FIRST COUSIN: Boyd Kapande and Ethel Lusekelo have become the first very close cousins to officially get married in Solwezi, and maybe in Zambia. Boyd's mother is the biological young sister to Ethel's father. This means Boyd and Ethel are FIRST cousins; more less like a brother and sister. According to them, this is still allowed in Kaonde Culture. 'No, to us Kaondes, this is normal and...more
May 12, 2023, 3:17 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"In civil marriage, wife and husband own and hold her/his property acquired before and after entering into marriage; the law does not recognise the regime of joint property arising through marriage" (12).
May 12, 2023, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Under statutory law, unmarried and married women have the same rights as men to own, use, make decisions over land and non-land assets and use as collateral...There is no legal restriction located to suggest that women and men do not have equal access to formal financial resources. Married and unmarried women have the same right as men to open a bank account at formal institutions or obtain credit" (12-13).
May 12, 2023, 3:09 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"The right to inherit land assets remains limited; laws do not apply to land held under customary tenure which constitute the majority of lands in Zambia (Spicher and Kabala, 2014; World Bank, 2012). In many communities, only male children are entitled to inherit the land; women regardless of their age or marital status are excluded from inheritance of lands and landed property (FAO Database). In other tribes, inheritance rights are limited to the oldest son or only to the children of the deceased. There are also matrilineal groups when women enjoy full rights to the property upon their husbands’ death" (6).
May 12, 2023, 3:07 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"In case of a polygamous marriage, the statutory share is divided among widows proportionally to the duration of their respective marriages to the deceased; other factors such as: the widow's contribution to the deceased's property may be additionally considered (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 5). The surviving spouses hold the house as tenants in common (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 9)" (6).
May 12, 2023, 3 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"Surviving spouses have the equal right to the statutory 20% of the estate (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 5). Moreover, the surviving spouse is entitled to the house and keeps the life interest until remarriage (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 9). However, the right to remain in the house does not institute the title to the ownership, a surviving spouse gains the usufruct right of use (Cooper, 2010). The law also provides for penalties for any person who denies any other person his/her rights to the property as prescribed in the Act (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 14)" (6).
May 12, 2023, 2:55 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

"The Zambian law provides daughters and sons with the same rights to inherit land and non-land assets, they are given 50% of the estate (Intestate Succession Act, Sec. 5)" (6).
May 12, 2023, 2:54 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"The law remains uncertain with regard to the property upon divorce. There are several positions presented (Himonga, 2011). The spouses may not be entitled to each other’s property. Contrarily, women and men may share matrimonial property. In this case, the court makes an order and divides an individual property unconditionally and equally between spouses; the contribution to the acquisition of the property is not considered. It has been also registered that the property may be transferred to children of divorcing spouses, basing on the principle of the best interest of the child. Finally, the customary may not be applied due to the repugnancy test of natural justice and equity of...more