Countries: Serbia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[T]he State party acceded to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, on 21 November 2013" (2). "[T]he Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence [was ratified] in 2013" (7). "[T]he State party [has yet] to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which it has signed but not yet ratified" (17-18).

Countries: Gabon
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Gabon ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on 10 January 2011" (4). "Gabon has yet to ratify the [Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189)]" (12).

Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[Bosnia & Herzegovina adopted a] Framework strategy for the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) (2015–2018)... [T]he State party ratified the Istanbul Convention on 7 November 2013" (2). "[T]he Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190), of ILO [is not ratified by Bosnia & Herzegovina]" (12).

Countries: Botswana
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Botswana has had reservations signing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa; The Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Gender Protocol. The implications of this is that Batswana women are placed at some disadvantage and the potential for fast tracking the full attainment of gender equality in Botswana through the targets and time frames set by these instruments is undermined. This notwithstanding, Botswana continues to provide progress reports on these protocols on regular basis" (37).

Countries: Singapore
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"We have ratified the International Labour Organisation Convention No. 100 on Equal Remuneration" (24). "[T]he Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International Labour Organization (ILO) [are not ratified]… We would only consider ratifying an ILO Convention if we can fully comply with it in law and in practice" (30).

Countries: Angola
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[The state has ratified or acceded the] Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on 19 September 2014, [and the] Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, on 19 September 2014" (2). "[T]he Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization [is not ratified by Angola to aid domestic workers that are women]" (12).

Countries: Guyana
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[T]he government is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees" (6). This indicates that Guyana has no preparations to help female refugees (MV-coder comment).

Countries: Kenya
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Kenya has signed on to various global agreements that promote women’s emancipation. Notable agreements include the 1995 United Nations World Conference in Beijing that offered a platform for action, pressing states to put strategies in place to promote women’s equal and full participation in leadership. Further, the 1945 United Nations Agreement affirmed gender equality as a development agenda with reinforcement from the current 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially its third resolution on gender parity and women emancipation" (page 1).

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[Cabo Verde does not] use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action… [T]he State party [is encouraged] to ratify the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, to which it is not yet a party" (15).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[T]he State party has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131), in 2018" (2). "[T]he [Constitutional Court decision No. 13/2018 of 27 July 2018 on the incompatibility of the Council of Europe Convention] impedes the ratification of the Istanbul Convention" (6). "The Committee therefore encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, to which it is not yet a party" (15).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"[D]espite the ratification of the ILO Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), the State party is not fully applying the principle of equal pay for work of equal value... [This] adversely affects women throughout their working lives… [T]he ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) [is not ratified by Bulgaria]… [T]he ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and secure the rights of domestic workers [is not ratified by Bulgaria]" (10).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Committee calls upon the State party to use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and to further evaluate the realization of the rights enshrined in the Convention in the context of the 25-year review of the implementation of the Declaration and Platform in order to achieve substantive equality between women and men" (15). Cambodia is not a part of the Beijing declaration (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Maldives
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"In May 2009 Maldives became a member of the ILO and is in the process of developing labour legislation, establishing labour administration, increasing labour market data and information, and initiating elements of social dialogue, tripartite dialogue, negotiation and collective bargaining to increase capacity and set up mechanisms to deal with labour relations and dispute resolution. An Employment Tribunal is established to enhance labour rights in general and is expected to afford better legal protection to migrant workers. The Maldives has ratified 8 core conventions of the ILO." (20). "On the Committee’s COs regarding regulating and monitoring the working conditions of migrant women employed as domestic workers in order to protect...more

Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Nicaragua ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1981 and incorporated the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women into its legal system in 1995." (2). "Article 46 establishes that all persons enjoy State protection and recognition of the rights inherent in their human condition, and full respect for, and promotion and protection of, the human rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights...more

Countries: Tanzania
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"Tanzania has signed a range of regional and international treaties that seek to protect women and girls. These treaties include the Maputo Protocol, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the East Africa Bill on Gender Equality and Development, and the African Union’s campaign to end child marriage" (9).