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Latest items for Venezuela

March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Venezuela ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
March 17, 2024, 4:54 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Not prescribed in law but sex workers are required to carry a 'pink card' after receiving medical check" (para 4).
March 17, 2024, 4:54 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 7).
March 17, 2024, 4:54 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal and no other activities criminalised" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping and "pimping" are criminalised under penal code. Inducing, promoting or facilitating sex work also criminalised" (para 3).
March 17, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"In the midst of the pandemic, hyperinflation accelerated sharply in the last two months, which aggravated the already precarious living conditions of the 32 million Venezuelans, according to official records. As a consequence of the crisis, 96% of the population is in a situation of income poverty and 74% of households have moderate and severe food insecurity, according to the National Living Conditions Survey 2019-2020 of the Andrés Bello Catholic University. one of the main ones in the country. The complex situation has forced the migration of more than 10% of the population in recent years" (para 16).
March 17, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Prostitution is not punished in Venezuela and these workers can be seen on the streets from noon until night without any type of control from the police authorities, who usually carry out street surveillance near the roads where they operate" (para 3).
March 17, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-DATA-2

"Despite being a major problem, some of the activists consulted complained that the Ministry of Health has not provided figures on sex workers for several years and assured that they must work empirically blind. The official statistics available date back to 1997 and indicate that there were 371,000 sex workers in the South American nation" (para 5). "According to the figures managed by PAHO in the region and depending on the country, it is estimated that between 1% and 5% of the adult population of women work as sex workers, according to UNAIDS estimates" (para 11).
March 17, 2024, 12:14 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IRP-DATA-1

"Fernández indicated that through contacts she maintains with thirty sex workers who visit the congregation weekly, in the east of Caracas, and interviews they conducted in the center of the city, they found that a portion of them were minors and others were in prostitution activities with their daughters, between eight and 12 years old, who also ended up offering sexual services" (para 7).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Venezuela who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda, Venezuela
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belarus, El Salvador, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Venezuela was 259 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Venezuela is 40.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Venezuela is 75 years for women and 66 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Venezuela is 69.9 years for men and 78.2 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"15.9 births per 1000 population"
June 22, 2023, 7:34 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"Article 51: "Marriage between ascendants and descendants or between affinities in a straight line is not allowed or valid." Article 52: " Marriage between siblings is not allowed or valid."Article 53: “Marriage between uncles and nephews, or between uncles and the descendants of nephews, is not allowed."
June 21, 2023, 2:08 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"Venezuela has taken steps to promote women’s access to credit, more particularly through its statesponsored women’s micro-credit bank: Venezuela’s Women’s Development Bank abbreviated Banmujer. Banmujer loans only to women and offers free financial services, loans and training to lowincome women. In contrast to most Banks, rather than doing business from a centralized office, employees of Banmujer (mostly women) regularly travel to rural communities to help poor women develop loan proposals. Furthermore, in addition to developing loan proposals, regional employees of Banmujer offer women 'non-financial services' such as training focused on basic business and good management principles. This prepares the clients of Banmujer to develop their strategic thinking skills, wisely invest...more
June 21, 2023, 2:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"The default marital regime is Partial Community of property (Civil Code, Arts 148-156) and both partners must agree in the administration of marital property. However, in the countryside, the husband is by tradition the head of the household and the administrator of his wife's property... The law provides for joint land titling for land used or acquired by married couples. However, this provision is not applicable to couples living in informal unions. Informal unions are very common in the countryside and many problems have arisen due to the silence of the law on this matter" (7).
June 21, 2023, 2:05 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1

"There are no customary, religious, or traditional practices or laws that discriminate against daughters and female surviving spouses’ legal rights to inherit" (3).
June 21, 2023, 2:04 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Daughters and female surviving spouses have the same rights as men to inherit land and non-land assets (Civil Code, Articles 822 & 824). Women also have equal rights to execute or administer a will (Civil Code, Art 836)" (3).
June 21, 2023, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"Venezuelan law only recognizes civil marriage (Civil Code, Art 44). Religious ceremonies are optional and may only be held after the civil ceremony has taken place (Civil Code, Art 45). However, stable de facto unions between a man and a woman which meet the requirements stipulated in the law entail the same consequences as marriage (Constitution, Art 77). The Constitution stipulates not only complete equality between the two spouses, or between two permanent unmarried partners, but Article 77 also establish equal rights and duties among their members, which, in addition to other aspects, infers that these duties include the domestic responsibilities" (2). "This change is clearly laid down in Section...more
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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June 17, 2023, 3:51 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Código Civil, Art. 822.
June 17, 2023, 3:51 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Código Civil, Arts. 823 y 825 .