Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"[P]hotos circulated on social media of a woman who had taken off and held aloft her headscarf on Enghelab (Revolution) Street in Tehran. Since then, dozens of “Girls of Revolution Street” have taken their headscarves off while standing on electric utility boxes across the country and more than 35 women have been arrested by Iranian officials protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab" (108).

Countries: Russia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"Since the start of the Ramadan fasting month in August 2010, Human Rights Watch has received numerous reports from Chechnya about women being harassed on the streets of Grozny, the Chechen republic's capital, for not covering their hair or wearing clothes deemed too revealing" (104).

Countries: Haiti
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"For women especially, going outside the house is a risk. So is fleeing: Gangs use the threat of rape to stop communities from abandoning the areas they control" (para 13). "'Sexual violence is a way to paralyze, to scare people. The minute there’s an increase in sexual violence, everyone stops moving, people don’t go to work because they’re scared,' Michel said. 'It’s a weapon, it’s a way to send a message'" (para 24).

Countries: South Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

“As she wanders through the dark alleys of her local food market, dressed in a black baseball cap, oversized jeans, and a T-shirt, she tries to disguise herself as she recounts her experience. This is a small town, and she has done something she could have been fired for. She filmed everything and reported the bank to the government, to be investigated” (para 4). This woman disguises herself in public, assumably because she fears harassment of some kind after she spoke out on gender issues. Women who speak out on gender issues may not be free to move about in public (ET - CODER COMMENT). “To this can be added...more

Countries: Guyana
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"While reports of sexual harassment were common, no cases had been filed as of November" (9).

Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-2, SEGI-PRACTICE-3

"Since 2015, women's rights in China have been rolled back under Xi Jinping, starting with the arrest of five female activists for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' after planning a multi-city protest aimed at bringing an end to sexual harassment on public transport" (para 10).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"The Committee is concerned that women and girls with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons continue to face intersecting forms of discrimination and gender-based violence" (12). There are no measures in place to help women and girls achieve substantive equality (MV- coder comment).

Countries: Spain
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"Videos have circulated for days of abuse being hurled from the windows of an all-male student building late on Sunday at women in the block opposite." (Parag. 2) "Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez criticised the "sexist, inexplicable, unjustified and absolutely repugnant behaviour". (Parag. 3) "It has drawn political condemnation and triggered widespread debate." (Parag. 4) "Socialist party prime minister Mr Sánchez said: "We should not give any excuse for these behaviours which surely don't represent the general feeling of Spanish society...I think it's important that all political parties and the media express a clear 'no' to these macho behaviours, and do not give a take a single step back on real...more

Countries: Maldives
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"A 2011 Human Rights Baseline Survey conducted by the HRCM reported that men grabbing a women’s hand in public or making obscene or offensive comments had happened to over one-fifth of female respondents." (9). "Bringing the above fears and realities into the public discourse, the Government’s adoption of Law Number 16/2014 (Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act) provides the necessary legal protections for women in both public spaces and in the work place. Under the Act, in workplaces where there are 30 or more people, a complaints mechanism is required to be established in each Government Institution, President’s Office, independent statutory body, Secretariat of the Parliament and Courts of Law –...more

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"[I]ntensive campaigns will be designed and disseminated to respect Afro-Bolivian women, with an emphasis on mainstreaming gender and sexuality and preventing the obstetric violence suffered by Afro-Bolivian women and combating harassment and political violence" (28).

Countries: Azerbaijan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"Increasingly, much of this harassment and intimidation takes place online and the fact that perpetrators can remain anonymous intensifies survivors’ sense of insecurity and distress. This 'sexist, misogynist and degrading abuse' against women who exercise their rights, reflects deeply entrenched patriarchal attitudes in Azerbaijani society whereby women can be castigated for voicing dissenting opinions or acting outside traditional gender roles" (Para.3). "Gulnara Mehdiyeva, one of the main organizers, told Amnesty International that prior to the IWD march, in late February 2021, recordings of her private conversations, including ones where she discussed psychological difficulties, were posted on social media. The ensuing smear campaign depicted her as 'mentally unstable', claiming, among other...more

Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"[I]n 2017, the legislation adopted included:...the Natural and Legal Persons’ Petitions Act (new version) of 11 September 2017..." (3)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The law stipulates that women should not be rejected from voicing their concers. This also prohibits government officials from refusing to provide hotlines, conferences, or other forms of communication to citizens. This could have been implemented due to the fact that this was a prominent roadblock for women when it came to voicing their concerns). "Citizens’ self-governing bodies and non-governmental non-profit organizations exercise public oversight and monitoring of the situation with regard to the realization of women’s rights, provide assistance to families and women in difficult living...more

Countries: Egypt
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"Sexual harassment is a major problem for women in Egypt, especially in public transportation. To combat gender-based violence in public transport, the government has provided women-only transport services so that women can travel safely" (Para. 7). "Women’s rights activists in Egypt have actively tried to combat sexual harassment by launching campaigns to raise awareness on the issue and encouraging women and girls, victims of harassment, to speak up and report their harassers" (Para. 9).

Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

...They also experienced a 5% decrease in satisfaction with women's healthcare as a whole. Women feeling safe when walking at night also slightly decreased, by 1%. (Figure. 4)

Countries: China
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"The man walked into a barbecue restaurant in northern China and approached a table of three women. He put his hand on the back of one, who shook him off. In response, he slapped her — then, with several other men, savagely beat her and the other women, hitting them with chairs, kicking them and dragging them outdoors" (Para.1) "[T]he brutal attack, which took place in the city of Tangshan on Friday and left two women hospitalized, spread rapidly online and has continued to dominate public conversation in recent days. Women flooded social media with their outrage and terror at the threat of sexual violence that looms over everyday life....more