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Latest items for IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Facing further barriers, all women in Qatar need to show they are married in order to access certain forms of sexual and reproductive healthcare, adds Begum. This can include treatment for sexually transmitted infections, HIV and pregnancy" (para 26). Requiring women to show proof of marriage to access HIV treatment suggests they can't refuse sex to their husbands or force them to wear a condom (Coder Comment- EV).
Jan. 16, 2024, 6:33 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"...contrary to public opinion...marital rape is prohibited" (15). Because the general public believes marital rape to be acceptable, it is unlikely that a woman can refuse sex to her husband (AMC - CODER COMMENT).`
July 10, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"In the case of refusing sex with one’s husband, small majorities of both men and women now believe that this is not within her rights to refuse. This represents a decline from the 2005 results." (12).
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Thapa has to cater to men mainly from South Asian countries. If she insists on using a condom, the client would not even pay Rs 300-Rs 500 that they, despite her disfigurement, agree to shell out. Other women in the massage parlour earn as much as Rs 5,000 'per sitting'" (para 6).
Dec. 29, 2022, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Recently, a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalizing marital rape. The primary issues that were raised were whether marriage grants the husband an expectation for sexual relations with his wife and results in implied consent from her...India is one of the few countries around the world that does not treat non-consexual sex within marriage as rape" (para 1-2). "Section 375 of IPC lays down certain sexual acts by a man with a woman done in the absence of her consent or against her will that constitutes rape. The provision, however, provides for the following...exception:...sexual intercourse or act by a man...more
Dec. 26, 2022, 4:41 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"For Beatrice Okumo, she was sold to her parents’ creditor after they had gotten a badly-needed loan from him to settle some hospital bills. She was later used as collateral for their debts. The creditor was even older than Beatrice’s father. She was told that she was going to take care of a baby and not that she was given as debt settlement. At the age of 11, the creditor-husband overpowered and forced himself on her. She ended up having six children for the man" (para 9).
June 28, 2022, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Eighty percent of ever-married women agree that a wife is justified in refusing sex if her husband has other partners, and 96% believe that she is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if he has an STI" (203). "Eighty- six percent of women said that they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse, and 80% said that they can ask their husband to use a condom. Urban women are more likely than rural women to say that they can ask their husband to use a condom (85% versus 78%). Women’s ability to negotiate sexual relations increases with increasing education....more
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"In addition attention from the government is needed for: Continued and effective promotion of consistent condom use and sufficient availability of affordable condoms; Strengthening of care for HIV positive persons to enhance HIV treatment, adherence and counselling; Early detection of HIV, especially among males; Reduction of stigma and discrimination on all levels of care, especially among sexual minorities and women living with HIV; and Implementation of HIV prevention programs targeting married women and women in other conjugal relations" (32-33).
Dec. 24, 2020, 10:09 a.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Nur told him she was afraid of consecrating the marriage. She knew nothing about sex. When women gathered back in Syria to talk, she always excused herself, embarrassed. Eren promised he could wait, even ten days if needed" (para 21). "Eren found her in the bedroom and demanded, 'Take off your clothes,' and then again, louder, when she started shaking. He didn’t touch her, except to rip off each of the fake nails that she wore. He mounted her and penetrated her" (para 24). "The day after Nur’s wedding, Eren wanted sex again, but Nur was sore...After cussing at her, and telling her he’d send her back to her container...more
Aug. 2, 2020, 6:20 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"…and a woman can lose her right to maintenance if, for example, she refuses to have sexual relations with her husband without a lawful excuse" (para 17).
July 19, 2020, 1:45 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"The findings show that an overwhelmingly large proportion of women justified refusing sexual intercourse under the two situations: 92% if the husband has an STI and 83% if the wife knows her husband has sex with other women. The corresponding proportions among male respondents were 96% and 75%" (308). "To assess the ability of a woman to negotiate sexual relations, currently married women were asked whether they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and whether they can ask their husband to use a condom. A large proportion of women said they can deny sex (90%) or ask their husband to use...more
July 3, 2020, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"A greater percentage of women (46%) than men (26%) age 15-49 agree that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife for at least one of the specified reasons. Approximately one in three women agree that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she argues with him (32%), neglects the children (31%), or refuses to have sexual intercourse with him (30%)" (288). "To assess attitudes toward negotiating safer sexual relations, women and men were asked whether they thought that a wife is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women or asking that...more
June 5, 2020, 1:19 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Only 1% of all women reported having two or more sexual partners in the past 12 months. Of those with more than one partner in the last 12 months, 7% reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse. In the 12 months before the survey, 5% of women had sex with a non-marital/non-cohabitating partner (a person who neither was their husband nor lived with them), and only 18% of those women reported using a condom during their last sexual intercourse with such a partner. On average, women have had 1.7 lifetime sexual partners (Table 13.6.1). Eight percent of men reported having two or more sexual partners in the past...more
May 31, 2020, 6:36 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Being able to negotiate safe sex is critical to the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. In NFHS-4, women and men age 15-49 were asked if a wife is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if he has a sexually transmitted disease. Men were also asked if a wife is justified in asking her husband that they use a condom when they have sex if the husband has a sexually transmitted disease. Seventy-eight percent of women and 80 percent of men age 15-49 agree that a wife is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband if he has a sexually transmitted disease....more
May 15, 2020, 7:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Approximately two-thirds of women (69%) and men (65%) agree that a wife is justified in refusing sex if her husband has other partners; 77% of women and 74% of men agree that she is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if he has an STI" (386). "To assess the ability of women to actually negotiate safer sexual relations with their husband, currently married women were asked whether they could say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and whether they could ask their husband to use a condom. Fifty-six percent of women said that they can say no to their husband...more
May 12, 2020, 10:21 a.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"81% of women and 76% of men believe that a wife is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI" (pg 239). "Sixty-seven percent of women can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse, and 71% can ask their husband to use a condom" (pg 239).
April 19, 2020, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1, LRW-PRACTICE-1

"Fifty-eight percent of women believe that a wife is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse if she knows her husband has sex with other women. Similarly, 59% of women believe that a wife is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI. The corresponding proportions among male respondents are 74% and 83%" (276-277). "To assess the ability of a woman to negotiate sexual relations, currently married women were asked whether they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and whether they can ask their husband to use a condom. More than...more
March 29, 2020, 6:41 p.m.
Countries: Maldives
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Eight in ten women (81%) and men (78%) age 15-49 believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women. Similarly, 82% of women believe that a woman is justified in asking that a husband use a condom if she knows that he has an STI, compared with 83% of men" (203). "Patterns by background characteristics: 1) There is a clear tendency for positive attitudes towards women’s ability to negotiate safer sexual relations to increase with age, regardless of whether the respondent is a woman or a man. For example, the proportion of women who feel...more
Feb. 5, 2020, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: East Timor
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"41% of currently married women age 15-49 can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sex. 25% of currently married women can ask their husband to use a condom" (pg 269).
Aug. 21, 2019, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Fifty-five percent of women and 56 percent of men age 15-49 have 'comprehensive knowledge' about the modes of HIV transmission and prevention, as do 46 percent of young women and 47 percent of young men age 15-24" (237). "Knowledge of HIV or AIDS is almost universal in Zimbabwe—99 percent of women and men age 15-49 have heard of HIV or AIDS (Table 13.1). Eighty-four percent of women and 88 percent of men know that consistent condom use reduces HIV transmission. Similarly, 92 percent of women and 94 percent of men recognise that the risk of getting HIV can be reduced by limiting sexual intercourse to one uninfected partner (Table 13.2)....more
July 23, 2019, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Seven percent of ever-married women have experienced one or more acts of sexual violence by their spouse: 6% have been physically forced to have sexual intercourse with their spouse when they did not want to, 5% have been physically forced to perform other unwanted sexual acts, and 4% have been forced with threats and in other ways to perform unwanted sexual acts" (277).
July 8, 2019, 9:19 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Eighty-six percent of currently married women age 15-49 can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sex, and 79% can ask their husband to use a condom" (275). "Just over three-quarters of women (76%) and men (77%) believe a wife is justified in refusing sex if her husband has other partners; 87% of women and 91% of men believe she is justified in asking her husband to wear a condom if he has an STI (Table 14.11)" (281). "Currently married women were also asked whether they could ask their husband to use a condom. Eighty-six percent of currently married women said they could say no...more
June 10, 2019, 5:45 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"The majority of women and men in Malawi believe that a woman is justified in refusing sex if she knows her husband has sex with other women (66% and 74%, respectively). The majority also report that a woman is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if he has a sexually transmitted infection (STI) (82% and 88%, respectively) (Table 16.11)" (258). "In Malawi, 46% of women can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse, and nearly half (49%) can ask their husband to use a condom (Table 16.12)" (259).
June 5, 2019, 11:40 a.m.
Countries: Armenia
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Table 15.11 shows that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men age 15-49 agree that a woman can refuse to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows that he has sex with other women; also, 87 percent of women and 93 percent of men agree that a woman can ask that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI" (249). "Overall, less than half of currently married women (48 percent in each case) report that they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and that they can ask their husband to use a...more
May 27, 2019, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Netherlands
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"In some parts of Curaçao, there are insufficient health-care specialists providing HIV/AIDS-specific care and, while antiretroviral medicines are available, it can be difficult to have access to them and they cost 17 times more than the internationally recommended prices" (12).
May 10, 2019, 3:08 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Most women age 15-49 (86%) believe that a wife is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women. Eighty-three percent of women believe that a wife is justified in asking her husband to use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI (Table 14.9). To assess the ability of women to actually negotiate sexual relations with their husbands, currently married women were asked whether they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and whether they can ask their husband to use a condom. The majority of women (87%) can...more
May 1, 2019, 10:54 p.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Half of currently married women age 15-49 (52%) stated they could say no to their husbands if they did not want to have sex, and 43% said they could ask their husband to use a condom" (253). "The majority of Albanian women age 15-49 believe a wife is justified in negotiating sexual relations with her husband. Just over three-quarters of women (80%) and half of men (50%) believe a wife is justified in refusing sex if her husband has other partners; 74% of women and 56% of men believe she is justified in asking her husband to wear a condom if he has an STI (Table 14.12)" (260).more
March 1, 2019, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"A majority of women believe that a wife is justified in negotiating sexual relations with her husband. Sixty percent of women agree that a wife is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if her husband has other partners, and 58% agree that she is justified in asking her husband to wear a condom if he has an STI (Table 15.10). To assess the ability of women to actually negotiate safer sexual relations with their husbands, currently married women were asked whether they can say no to their husband if they do not want to have sexual intercourse and whether they could ask their husband to use...more
Feb. 1, 2019, 2:36 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"Seventy-three percent of women age 15-49 believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women, compared with 82% of men. Similarly, 61% of women believe that a woman is justified in asking that a husband use a condom if she knows that he has an STI, compared with 80% of men (Table 14.14)" (264). "Forty-five percent of married women say that they can say no to their husbands if they do not want to have sexual intercourse, but only 30% said that they can ask their husband to use a condom (Table 14.15)" (264). "Only...more
Jan. 9, 2019, 11:12 a.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: IMSTD-PRACTICE-1

"In secure spaces chosen in consultation with communities, Safe Space staff educates girls about sexual and reproductive health, self-esteem, their rights, money management, public speaking and literacy. In 2014 and 2015, over 10,000 girls completed the program" (para 13).