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Latest items for CWC-DATA-2

March 26, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[There are no] specific interventions to leverage opportunities for the economic empowerment of rural women, [or to] ensure that they are involved in the design of those strategies and programmes, focusing on women not only as victims or beneficiaries but also as active participants in the formulation and implementation of such policies" (13). "[G]irls, in particular Roma girls, are disproportionately affected by child marriage" (14). "[D]ata disaggregated by sex and age are still scarce in relation to rural women and girls" (14).
March 26, 2024, 11:13 a.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[D]espite the existing compulsory health insurance system, to basic health services, access to sexual and reproductive health services and modern contraceptives, for girls and young women, including girls and women in rural areas and Roma girls and women, [is still limited]" (12). "[T]he gains from the rapid economic development in the State party have not been equally shared, in particular by women and girls belonging to minority groups, women in rural areas, [and] older women" (13). "[A] sufficient number of affordable and accessible childcare facilities [are not provided] in rural areas" (13).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[In rural areas, Gabonese women] are also constrained in their efforts by the lack of access to information and technologies that would help them to expand their [entrepeneural] activities" (23). "The prevalence rate [of persons aged 1 year or over living with disabilities] is two and a half times higher in rural areas than in urban areas" (25). "The Government has also introduced a human investment strategy by providing micro-credit in rural areas since 2016" (29). Women lack access to micro-credit in rural areas (MV-coder comment).
March 14, 2024, 1:07 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[S]pecial emphasis is placed on training and capacity-building for rural women in farming techniques, conservation and product processing" (22). Rural women lack these trainings and knowledge (MV-coder comment). "[R]ural women face enormous difficulties because the road network remains problematic and is an obstacle to mobility and product marketing... [R]ural women are economically vulnerable" (22).
March 14, 2024, 1:05 a.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"There are judicial structures in rural areas, but the professional staff have not received training. Mobile courts are also organized regularly in rural areas (when funding is available)" (5). "[W]omen receive a number of benefits, including systematic registration for health insurance (with the National Health Insurance and Social Protection Fund) and free health care during pregnancy and childbirth. However, the existing facilities are limited in number, distant from women in rural areas, and under-resourced in terms of equipment and staff" (22). "[S]chool facilities in rural areas are often distant, poorly equipped and lacking staff" (22).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[M]obile courts [are not organized] to better reach the most remote areas… Judicial facilities are inaccessible, especially in rural and conflict-affected areas, which prevents women, in particular vulnerable groups of women, from gaining access to justice and reparations" (5). Women in remote areas do not always have access to judicial services (MV-coder comment). "[R]ural women and women with disabilities [are unaware] of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to them to claim those rights" (6). "Access for women and girls to sexual and reproductive health services and family planning services is inadequate, especially among indigenous women and girls, who also lack access to vaccinations" (12).more
Feb. 20, 2024, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[B]usiness and financial knowledge among women and financial literacy campaigns [need to improve], with a particular focus on rural women and women in poverty" (13). These women lack knowledge in business and finances (MV-coder comment). "Rural women lack funding for their agricultural activities, have limited access to agricultural credits, have no access to new farming techniques and do not own productive assets such as land" (13). "Customary patriarchal practices persist that prevent rural women and girls from inheriting" (14). "Rural women have limited access to education and health services, including sexual and reproductive health services, as well as safe and affordable contraceptive services" (14).
Feb. 20, 2024, 2:32 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Child marriage persists, in particular in rural areas" (17).
Feb. 20, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Pygmy women, especially in North Kivu Province, face multiple forms of discrimination, in particular from the Bantu population[.] Pygmy women have limited access to education and maternal and prenatal health services" (15).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[B]arriers to access to high-quality education at all levels [are] faced by Roma, [and] rural [girls]" (10). "[There is] disproportionately low enrolment and completion rates at all levels of education among Roma girls, [and] rural girls" (11). "[A]ccess to high-quality health-care services [is limited] for women belonging to disadvantaged groups who are not covered by health insurance, including rural women" (12). "[R]ural women and girls bear a disproportionate burden of unpaid work at home and in agriculture, which prevents many girls from completing secondary education" (13). "There is a high rate of child marriage among the Roma population" (14).
Jan. 23, 2024, 5:06 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[T]he insufficient access to free legal aid for women [is concerning], especially those belonging to disadvantaged groups and in rural areas, who wish to complain about gender-based discrimination and violence" (4). "[There is an] absence of temporary special measures to promote the political representation of disadvantaged groups of women, such as Roma women" (6). "[E]ducational and economic opportunities for women and girls and their families [are not enhanced], in particular among the Roma community" (8). "[There is a] lack of participation of women belonging to disadvantaged groups, including Roma women, in political and public life" (9).
Jan. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"As part of the project [to promote the cultural rights of indigenous peoples in the heart of the Congo Basin in Bayanga], a functional human rights centre was established, facilitating legal assistance and conflict resolution by local people, particularly for indigenous minority groups. Several cases of human rights violations have been investigated" (20). "A large part of the rural population, in particular women, are left out of information and communication processes" (38).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Women in rural areas continue to be faced by a number of challenges including poverty and lack of knowledge and information on laws. The Government has specific programmes targeted at improving services in the rural areas and eradicating abject poverty within rural communities, directly benefitting women in rural areas and resulting in reduced poverty incidence over the years. Furthermore, the government has engaged in a consultative process aimed at formulating a comprehensive gender in agriculture and rural development policy, to specifically address the challenges faced by rural women. The policy will prioritize equal access to (i) natural resources; (ii) decision making positions in rural development fora; (iii) rural extension services....more
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2, CWC-DATA-4

"Inequitable healthcare access remains a huge issue in China, particularly for rural-living and migrant women" (pp 21). These women lack access to healthcare (MV-coder comment).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"The in-hospital delivery grant for rural women has been further implemented, with fiscal authorities at various levels providing a 500 yuan grant to every rural woman for giving birth in hospitals" (24). It is difficult for rural women to give birth in hospitals (MV-coder comment). Home-care service facilities have basically covered all urban communities and more than 50 per cent of rural communities. Nationwide, 93 per cent of senior care institutions are equipped to provide different forms of medical and health services for their residents, delivering benefits to more older women" (25). Home care services are not met to all rural women who need it (MV-coder comment).
Oct. 30, 2023, 6:44 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"China has greatly improved the health of rural women by offering free screening for cervical and breast cancer and expanding the coverage of early diagnosis and treatment of these two types of cancer. From 2009 to 2017, 73.985 million rural women were screened for cervical cancer and 13.634 million for breast cancer" (27).
Oct. 30, 2023, 6:39 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Registration and Certification of Homestead and Collective Construction Land, prescribed that 'rural women, as members of a family, are entitled to have their homestead rights and interests recorded in the real estate register and the certificates of title'" (26). Rural women did not initially have rights to land (MV- coder comment). "Rural pregnant women have gained universal access to in-hospital delivery. From 2009 to 2016, the Central Government earmarked 22.6 billion yuan as grants for more than 74 million rural pregnant women. Since 2014, the percentage of rural women giving birth in hospitals has remained above 99 per cent (27). "[W]omen in some rural areas are still living in poverty,...more
Oct. 30, 2023, 6:38 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"In 2017, the Targeted Plan for Expanded Access to Senior Secondary Education (2017–2020) was launched, with a focus on poverty-stricken and educationally weak regions and special groups. It was intended to raise the gross enrolment rate of senior secondary education in disadvantageous regions and improve equal access to high school education for girls, especially rural girls" (19). There is lack of access to secondary education especially in rural areas (MV-coder comment). "Rural women are entitled to equal access to various kinds of training, which helps to improve their technical skills so that they will be better positioned to enter the labour market and enjoy greater employment opportunities" (19-20).more
Oct. 4, 2023, 6:58 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[There is] disproportionately high levels of illiteracy among women, in particular in rural areas" (10). "[There is an] overall high fertility rates, in particular among adolescent girls, and high degrees of variance between rural and urban areas with regard to awareness and use of methods of contraception" (12). "[W]omen [are unable to access] inclusive health-care services and affordable medical assistance provided by trained personnel, in particular in rural areas... [A]ll women and girls, in particular those in rural areas, [do not] have access to affordable and modern forms of contraception… [There is a] high rate of poverty among rural women" (13).
Oct. 2, 2023, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[W]omen, in particular women in rural and remote areas and women belonging to minority groups, remain unaware of their rights under the Convention and lack the information on the procedures necessary to claim their rights" (3). "[There remains a] limited availability of courts and out-of-court dispute settlement centres, in particular in rural areas [that do not address the intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women, in particular women in rural areas, women with disabilities, women who are victims of gender-based violence and migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women]" (4). "Many women, in particular rural women, face barriers to obtaining identity documents, which restricts their access to, inter alia, education, health care,...more
Oct. 2, 2023, 3:42 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[T]he absence of effective consultation and benefit-sharing mechanisms for rural women, as well as for migrant women, who have been internally displaced owing to large-scale projects involving the exploitation of natural resources, including agro-industrial projects and the activities of extractive industries, upon the projects’ closure [is a concern]… A]ll women, including rural women, migrant women and women with disabilities, are [not] consulted in the development and implementation of national policies and programmes relating to agriculture, the extractive industries, food security, climate change and disaster response and risk reduction" (13). These are sectors that greatly affect women in Angola (MV-coder comment).
Oct. 2, 2023, 3:42 p.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Rural women and girls and women and girls with disabilities, with albinism, living with HIV/AIDS and in prostitution, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, restricting in particular their access to health services, employment, education, housing and justice and their participation in public and political life" (14).
Sept. 25, 2023, 8:02 a.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"An estimated 90 percent of indigenous communities were in the remote interior. The standard of living in indigenous communities was lower than that of most citizens, and they had limited access to education and health care. A UN study found that pregnant women in indigenous communities were not receiving mandatory HIV tests" (11).
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[U]rban refugees in particular were unable to obtain legal documents following passage of the asylum law and at times faced difficulty accessing public services such as health care and education" (14). This includes feminine care for women (MV- coder comment). "Under the constitution and law, women enjoy the same rights and legal status as men. The government, however, did not enforce the law effectively as societal discrimination against women remained a problem, particularly in rural areas" (19). "Customary law prevailed over civil law, particularly in rural areas, and at times had a negative impact on a woman’s legal right to inherit property" (19). "There were reports that parents, especially in...more
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:12 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Prisons in rural areas were less crowded and had better rehabilitation, training, and reintegration services" (3). "Informal courts remained the principal institutions through which citizens resolved civil conflicts in rural areas, such as disputes over a bartering deal" (6). "In many rural municipalities, there is no provision for juvenile courts, so offenders as young as 12 may be tried as adults. In many cases traditional leaders have state authority to resolve disputes and determine punishments for civil offenses, including offenses committed by juveniles" (7).
Aug. 24, 2023, 1:08 a.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[T]he lack of awareness of the rights guaranteed under the Convention among the public in the State party, in particular among women, in both rural and urban areas [is a concern]" (2). "[T]emporary special measures for rural and disadvantaged groups of women, including widows, women heads of household, women living in poverty and in disaster prone areas and women with disabilities [are not currently implemented and promoted]" (4). These groups of women are also underrepresented (MV-coder comment). "[There are] literacy campaigns for women 24 years of age and older and women in rural or remote areas [that needs to be strengthened]" (9). This can indicate that many women older than...more
Aug. 21, 2023, 4:27 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[T]he State party [is recommended to] take measures to address hunger and ensure food security for rural women in the light of the effects of climate change"(12). This indicates that these issues are concerning to rural women (MV- coder comment). "[O]ver 60 per cent of poor and very poor households are headed by women in the State party, particularly in deprived urban areas… 25 per cent of the rural population still uses non-treated water sources and 35 per cent lacks access to toilets at home and wastewater removal systems; [There is a] high illiteracy rates among rural women; [and] rural women continue to carry a disproportionate burden of unpaid care...more
Aug. 21, 2023, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"[There is] limited access for rural women to information, capacity-building activities and decision-making forums related to agriculture, business development and new technologies" (12). [R]rural women [do not] have access to legal assistance when claiming their property rights… [R]ural women [do not have access] to technical support and training for agricultural innovation and new technologies and agribusiness development, in addition to small and micro-sized projects, and facilitate access for rural women to banking services, including mobile banking services... [R]ural women [do not] have access to electricity generated by renewable energy" (13).
Aug. 15, 2023, 6:17 a.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Decree No. 2016-781 of 12 October 2016 that decentralizes legal aid and increases access of women in rural areas to justice" (2). "The establishment by decree No. 2016-590 of 9 August 2016 of the Rural Land Agency, which has issued land certificates to 277 women" (2). "The disproportionately high levels of illiteracy among women and girls, in particular those living in rural areas and among women and girls with disabilities" (11). "The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Ensure the necessary human, technical and financial resources to implement existing plans aimed at promoting entrepreneurial activities among women, particularly women living in rural areas, and regularly monitor the impact of...more
Aug. 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"Rural women lack access to infrastructure, transportation and financial and other support for agricultural and economic activities, which results in the large-scale migration of younger women to urban areas or out of the country" (12). "The Committee recommends that the State party [a]dopt targeted measures to combat intersecting forms of discrimination against Roma women and girls, including with regard to access to education, employment, health care, housing and other social services" (13). This indicates that no measures are in place to combat the discrimination of Roma women (MV- coder comment).