Latest items for CWC-DATA-3
April 2, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Home Office freedom of information data obtained by the Observer revealed thousands of trafficking victims from Albania and Vietnam – two nations where many victims come from – were returned to these countries after engaging with the NRM. According to the data, the returns were a mix of voluntary and enforced. Between January 2020 and September last year, 2,427 trafficking victims were returned to these two countries, according to the FoI data. All either had positive reasonable grounds or positive conclusive grounds decisions from officials that they were trafficking victims. Liz Williams, head of policy impact at the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, said: 'Nearly 6,000...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Home Office freedom of information data obtained by the Observer revealed thousands of trafficking victims from Albania and Vietnam – two nations where many victims come from – were returned to these countries after engaging with the NRM. According to the data, the returns were a mix of voluntary and enforced. Between January 2020 and September last year, 2,427 trafficking victims were returned to these two countries, according to the FoI data. All either had positive reasonable grounds or positive conclusive grounds decisions from officials that they were trafficking victims. Liz Williams, head of policy impact at the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, said: 'Nearly 6,000...more
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he war has displaced 11 million people" (para 9).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he war has displaced 11 million people" (para 9).
March 11, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"As the crisis deepens, our [the researchers' team] research has revealed that sexual and gender-based violence is a major driver of migration to South Sudan. Over half of our participants said it was the main reason they sought sanctuary across the border, with adolescent girls, aged 13 to 17, being far more likely to state that sexual violence was the reason they had to migrate" (para 5). "The outbreak of war in Sudan in 2023 further exacerbated South Sudan's fragilities and vulnerabilities, jeopardised peace efforts and worsened the existing humanitarian crisis. The Sudan conflict triggered a massive influx, this time with over 1.2 million refugees and returnees crossing into South...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"As the crisis deepens, our [the researchers' team] research has revealed that sexual and gender-based violence is a major driver of migration to South Sudan. Over half of our participants said it was the main reason they sought sanctuary across the border, with adolescent girls, aged 13 to 17, being far more likely to state that sexual violence was the reason they had to migrate" (para 5). "The outbreak of war in Sudan in 2023 further exacerbated South Sudan's fragilities and vulnerabilities, jeopardised peace efforts and worsened the existing humanitarian crisis. The Sudan conflict triggered a massive influx, this time with over 1.2 million refugees and returnees crossing into South...more
March 11, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"'We live in terror,' whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her husband and six children early last year in search of safety and is now in Libya. Like all the Sudanese women who the BBC spoke to about their experiences of being trafficked to Libya, her name has been changed to protect her identity. In a trembling voice she explains how her home in Omdurman had been raided during Sudan's violent civil war, which erupted in 2023. The family went to Egypt first before paying traffickers $350 (£338) to take them to Libya, where they had been told life would be better and...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"'We live in terror,' whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her husband and six children early last year in search of safety and is now in Libya. Like all the Sudanese women who the BBC spoke to about their experiences of being trafficked to Libya, her name has been changed to protect her identity. In a trembling voice she explains how her home in Omdurman had been raided during Sudan's violent civil war, which erupted in 2023. The family went to Egypt first before paying traffickers $350 (£338) to take them to Libya, where they had been told life would be better and...more
March 11, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"From 2001 to 2023, a massive surge of more than 111,000 Somali refugees arrived in the US, largely settling in Minnesota and New York. Last year, 4,790 Somali refugees arrived stateside, according to the US Office of Homeland Security Statistics" (para 56-57). "In the US, Minnesota has the largest population of Somalis in the country at around 80,000" (para 59). "The US first determined the Somali Bantu as a persecuted minority group in 1999 and agreed to admit up to 12,000 immigrants, although their initial resettlement was delayed by the 9/11 terror attacks" (para 64).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"From 2001 to 2023, a massive surge of more than 111,000 Somali refugees arrived in the US, largely settling in Minnesota and New York. Last year, 4,790 Somali refugees arrived stateside, according to the US Office of Homeland Security Statistics" (para 56-57). "In the US, Minnesota has the largest population of Somalis in the country at around 80,000" (para 59). "The US first determined the Somali Bantu as a persecuted minority group in 1999 and agreed to admit up to 12,000 immigrants, although their initial resettlement was delayed by the 9/11 terror attacks" (para 64).
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In Borno state, where conflict has displaced over 1.7 million people, more than half of those displaced are women and girls" (para. 13).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In Borno state, where conflict has displaced over 1.7 million people, more than half of those displaced are women and girls" (para. 13).
Aug. 31, 2025, 9:08 a.m.
Countries: Chad
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, CWC-DATA-3
“The country was a destination for some child trafficking in the country, and refugee children from CAR were particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation” (Page 17).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, CWC-DATA-3
“The country was a destination for some child trafficking in the country, and refugee children from CAR were particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation” (Page 17).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It has been six years since a murderous crackdown in Rakhine state forced more than 750,000 Rohingya Muslims – half of them children – across the border into refugee camps in Bangladesh" (par. 6).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It has been six years since a murderous crackdown in Rakhine state forced more than 750,000 Rohingya Muslims – half of them children – across the border into refugee camps in Bangladesh" (par. 6).
April 15, 2025, 7:46 p.m.
Countries: Djibouti
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"About 100,000 men, women, and children from Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia transit through Djibouti each year, most heading to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, or other Middle Eastern countries. Since March 2015, Yemenis and others have also fled Yemen via Djibouti. These people are fleeing poverty, drought, war, or repression, looking for better opportunities abroad. However, these migrants and refugees are at grave risk of trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and abuse, and forced prostitution" (3).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"About 100,000 men, women, and children from Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia transit through Djibouti each year, most heading to Saudi Arabia, Yemen, or other Middle Eastern countries. Since March 2015, Yemenis and others have also fled Yemen via Djibouti. These people are fleeing poverty, drought, war, or repression, looking for better opportunities abroad. However, these migrants and refugees are at grave risk of trafficking, forced labour, sexual exploitation and abuse, and forced prostitution" (3).
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"That migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women continue to face barriers to access to justice, which are often exacerbated by their lack of trust in the judiciary and law enforcement authorities and fear of retaliation from armed or criminal groups operating in their communities" (4). "The Committee notes with concern that: (a) The Special Division of the Ombudsperson’s Office for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees and Victims of Trafficking in Persons lacks the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the implementation of its mandate, especially the collection of data on trafficking in persons in relation to migrant and refugee women at the border and in rural and mining areas; (b)...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"That migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women continue to face barriers to access to justice, which are often exacerbated by their lack of trust in the judiciary and law enforcement authorities and fear of retaliation from armed or criminal groups operating in their communities" (4). "The Committee notes with concern that: (a) The Special Division of the Ombudsperson’s Office for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees and Victims of Trafficking in Persons lacks the human, technical and financial resources necessary for the implementation of its mandate, especially the collection of data on trafficking in persons in relation to migrant and refugee women at the border and in rural and mining areas; (b)...more
April 10, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Annie Raja, general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, who recently visited relief camps where thousands displaced in the violence are now living, said she had spoken to several Kuki women who had been attacked" (para 16).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Annie Raja, general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, who recently visited relief camps where thousands displaced in the violence are now living, said she had spoken to several Kuki women who had been attacked" (para 16).
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... refugee and migrant women" (4). "It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following... Financial, linguistic, accessible and geographical barriers to gaining access to justice faced by... refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women" (5). "It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Organizations working with domestic workers in reported in 2019 that a key challenge for domestic workers is that they are not properly informed before they leave home of their legal rights and of the risks they take in traveling for work. Many Cambodian domestic workers who are internal migrants from other parts of Cambodia face the same problems as those who travel abroad for work. The labor law explicitly excludes domestic workers from its protections. They may be unaware that they are not protected by the labor law or that they do have rights under the Cambodian Constitution and human rights treaties. They are hard to reach by unions and...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Organizations working with domestic workers in reported in 2019 that a key challenge for domestic workers is that they are not properly informed before they leave home of their legal rights and of the risks they take in traveling for work. Many Cambodian domestic workers who are internal migrants from other parts of Cambodia face the same problems as those who travel abroad for work. The labor law explicitly excludes domestic workers from its protections. They may be unaware that they are not protected by the labor law or that they do have rights under the Cambodian Constitution and human rights treaties. They are hard to reach by unions and...more
March 26, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Five women in colorful clothing and headwraps walk hastily across fields of cassava near the village of Masumbuko in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on their way to meet with an army commander near the displacement camp where the women live with thousands of other families" (para 3). "Since 1996, the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu have been stirred by multiple wars triggered by an increasing number of armed groups, weak state institutions, a dysfunctional army, and ongoing battles over access to land and power. Attempts to negotiate peace deals and the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping mission have failed to stem the bloodshed and...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Five women in colorful clothing and headwraps walk hastily across fields of cassava near the village of Masumbuko in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on their way to meet with an army commander near the displacement camp where the women live with thousands of other families" (para 3). "Since 1996, the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu have been stirred by multiple wars triggered by an increasing number of armed groups, weak state institutions, a dysfunctional army, and ongoing battles over access to land and power. Attempts to negotiate peace deals and the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping mission have failed to stem the bloodshed and...more
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The expansion of ISIS control and ensuing conflict resulted in the internal displacement of nearly 6 million people, with severe consequences for women and girls. There has been an increase in reports of incidences of sexual violence inside displacement camps. Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women. Many of those displaced were female heads of households who lost or...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The expansion of ISIS control and ensuing conflict resulted in the internal displacement of nearly 6 million people, with severe consequences for women and girls. There has been an increase in reports of incidences of sexual violence inside displacement camps. Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women. Many of those displaced were female heads of households who lost or...more
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee further notes with concern that school-related costs, including transportation, prevent many girls from attending school and the very low attendance rates among refugee girls" (10). "The Committee commends the State party for maintaining its long-standing open border and reception policy for Palestinian refugees and those from the Syrian Arab Republic, and for hosting more than 2 million refugees. The Committee remains concerned, however, that the 1962 law regulating the entry into, stay in and exit from Lebanon does not distinguish between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee further notes with concern that school-related costs, including transportation, prevent many girls from attending school and the very low attendance rates among refugee girls" (10). "The Committee commends the State party for maintaining its long-standing open border and reception policy for Palestinian refugees and those from the Syrian Arab Republic, and for hosting more than 2 million refugees. The Committee remains concerned, however, that the 1962 law regulating the entry into, stay in and exit from Lebanon does not distinguish between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee...more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In 2020, the Ombudsman’s Office added a Special Division with nation-wide competence for the protection of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in persons" (15).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In 2020, the Ombudsman’s Office added a Special Division with nation-wide competence for the protection of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in persons" (15).
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In view of the intense persecution faced by the HM supporters both from the judiciary and police forces that could amount to the qualification of crimes against humanity according to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention , many women of the HM do not have other choice than the one of forced exile. However, in view of the restriction to freedom of movement on HM supporters , women and families leave the country under illegal and very dangerous conditions: most of them arrive in Greece by crossing by boat the Evros River. They are then potentially subject to detention and violent push-backs. The German Bild daily reported in February 2018...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In view of the intense persecution faced by the HM supporters both from the judiciary and police forces that could amount to the qualification of crimes against humanity according to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention , many women of the HM do not have other choice than the one of forced exile. However, in view of the restriction to freedom of movement on HM supporters , women and families leave the country under illegal and very dangerous conditions: most of them arrive in Greece by crossing by boat the Evros River. They are then potentially subject to detention and violent push-backs. The German Bild daily reported in February 2018...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3, CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It further notes with concern that children born in the State party to women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are deprived of their rights to birth registration, nationality, education and health care because their birth cannot be registered without exposing the mother to the...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3, CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It further notes with concern that children born in the State party to women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are deprived of their rights to birth registration, nationality, education and health care because their birth cannot be registered without exposing the mother to the...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since 2015, Niger, has been facing a somewhat unstable security situation in some of its regions due to its shared borders with countries in conflict such as Mali, Libya and Nigeria. These conflicts force the population of other countries as well as the Nigerien population to migrate to refugee camps in the regions of Tillabéry and Diffa. During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves. In July 2019, 33 women and 6 children were abducted in Ngalewa in the Diffa region and these people...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since 2015, Niger, has been facing a somewhat unstable security situation in some of its regions due to its shared borders with countries in conflict such as Mali, Libya and Nigeria. These conflicts force the population of other countries as well as the Nigerien population to migrate to refugee camps in the regions of Tillabéry and Diffa. During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves. In July 2019, 33 women and 6 children were abducted in Ngalewa in the Diffa region and these people...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification, 81 percent of North Korean escapees in 2019 were female, prior to the Covid-19 related border closure. This can partly be explained by the decreased scrutiny women face compared to men in North Korea, as men are required to go to state-run workplaces while many married women stay at home to care for the family" (par. 8).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification, 81 percent of North Korean escapees in 2019 were female, prior to the Covid-19 related border closure. This can partly be explained by the decreased scrutiny women face compared to men in North Korea, as men are required to go to state-run workplaces while many married women stay at home to care for the family" (par. 8).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The process of applying for refugee status in the Dominican Republic, in particular the interview process conducted by the National Office for Refugees under the responsibility of the Directorate General for Migration, is carried out rigorously, efficiently and fairly, as provided for in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and incorporates a gender perspective, in accordance with relevant international standards. Women can therefore apply as principal applicants for recognition as refugees. Female applicants are interviewed separately, individually and confidentially. They are also informed in their own right about the possibility of being assisted by an interviewer and an interpreter who is a woman, and their refugee status extends...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The process of applying for refugee status in the Dominican Republic, in particular the interview process conducted by the National Office for Refugees under the responsibility of the Directorate General for Migration, is carried out rigorously, efficiently and fairly, as provided for in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and incorporates a gender perspective, in accordance with relevant international standards. Women can therefore apply as principal applicants for recognition as refugees. Female applicants are interviewed separately, individually and confidentially. They are also informed in their own right about the possibility of being assisted by an interviewer and an interpreter who is a woman, and their refugee status extends...more
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:58 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Over the past century, Sweden has been Europe's number one sanctuary for 'war weary' or persecuted people – Claudia herself came here, like others, to escape the fascist regime of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet four decades ago. In 2015, as huge numbers of migrants headed to Europe during the Syrian civil war, Sweden welcomed 163,000 asylum seekers from the Middle East, a gesture that many today believe has provoked a national crisis" (para 12-13). "Between 2002 and 2023, the share of the Swedish population who are either foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent increased from 21 per cent to 35 per cent, according to a report by...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Over the past century, Sweden has been Europe's number one sanctuary for 'war weary' or persecuted people – Claudia herself came here, like others, to escape the fascist regime of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet four decades ago. In 2015, as huge numbers of migrants headed to Europe during the Syrian civil war, Sweden welcomed 163,000 asylum seekers from the Middle East, a gesture that many today believe has provoked a national crisis" (para 12-13). "Between 2002 and 2023, the share of the Swedish population who are either foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent increased from 21 per cent to 35 per cent, according to a report by...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Libya
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10). "The Committee takes note of the efforts put in place by the State...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10). "The Committee takes note of the efforts put in place by the State...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Jan. 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).