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Aug. 21, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

“Moreover, the police are entrusted with the implementation of laws that protect victims of prostitution, even though police officers are directly linked to the establishment of prostitution in Algeria.” (3)
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

12.0
May 2, 2024, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"According to statistics from Algerian security services, 1,404 women were victims of domestic violence by their husbands in 2022" (para 3).
May 2, 2024, 10:54 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This a cross-sectional descriptive study of a sample of women who were examined at the forensic exploration unit of Annaba Hospital over a period of 3 months (first quarter of 2018). In all, 200 women were recruited among those who had been abused by the intimate partner. Out of the 200 women surveyed over a period of 3 months, 1 in 10 or 9.36% of women consulted were victims of domestic violence (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

3.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Algeria ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 11:40 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but soliciting is illegal. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, aiding, assisting and protecting the 'prostitution' of others; living on the earnings; hires or maintains a person in prostitution'; acts as an intermediary; brothel-keeping' allowing sex workers to work/gather on premises" (para 1-3).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Nicaragua, Philippines
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
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: Algeria
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 Algeria was 78 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
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 Algeria is 16.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Algeria is 78 years for women and 75 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Algeria is 76.2 years for men and 78.1 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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

"19.6 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 9:57 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24)" is '3.80%.'"
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: CWC-DATA-3

The report had no information on internally displaced persons except to say that this group was not applicable to the state (MV-coder comment). "The government did not accept refugees from foreign countries for resettlement. The Sahrawi refugees had not sought local integration or naturalization during their 40-year stay in the refugee camps near Tindouf" (22).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: PW-PRACTICE-3

"The law affirms the religiously based practice of allowing a man to marry as many as four wives... It was unclear whether authorities followed the law in all cases since local authorities had significant discretion and the government did not maintain nationwide statistics" (29).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1

"The majority of the ministry’s programs for children with disabilities remained in social centers for children with disabilities rather than in formal educational institutions. Advocacy groups reported that children with disabilities rarely attended school past the secondary level. Many schools lacked teachers trained to work with children with disabilities, threatening the viability of efforts to mainstream children with disabilities into public schools" (31). This issue includes females with disabilities (MV-coder comment).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"Women’s groups reported that the majority of reported cases of [sexual] harassment occurred in the workplace" (29). "Women may own businesses, enter into contracts, and pursue careers similar to those of men" (29).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: MARR-LAW-1

"The law forbids legal guardians from forcing minors under their care to marry against the minor’s will" (30).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The law provides for sentences of six months to two years’ incarceration for men who withhold property or financial resources from their spouses" (28).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1, GEW-LAW-1

"[T]he punishment for convicted kidnappers includes the death penalty" (30).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2

"The remote location of the camps and lack of government presence resulted in a lack of access by police and courts" (21). "NGOs reported that irregular migrants sometimes worked in forced labor and that their lack of work permits made them more vulnerable to exploitation. For example, female migrants were subjected to debt bondage as they worked to repay smuggling debts through domestic servitude, forced begging, and forced prostitution. Designated penalties under this statute were sufficiently stringent to deter violations. Construction workers and domestic workers were reportedly vulnerable. The government did not effectively enforce the law" (36).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: AW-PRACTICE-1

"The government provided some protection against the expulsion or return of refugees to countries where their lives or freedom would be threatened because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion" (19). "While the law provides generally for asylum or refugee status, the government has not established a formal system through which refugees can request asylum. There were no reports that the government granted refugee status and asylum to new refugee applicants during the year. According to UNHCR, the government did not accept UNHCR-determined refugee status for individuals" (20).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: INFIB-LAW-1

"[Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C)] is considered a criminal offense punishable by up to 25 years in prison" (28).
June 27, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: IW-PRACTICE-1, IAW-PRACTICE-1

"Women suffered from discrimination in inheritance claims and were entitled to a smaller portion of an estate than male children or a deceased husband’s brothers. Women did not often have exclusive control over assets that they brought to a marriage or that they earned" (29).