Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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Countries: Canada
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal. It is illegal however to communicate in a public place that is in view of or next to a school, playground or daycare centre. Communication does not mean verbal communication; just being in public as a sex worker in prohibited places is criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Buying sex is criminalised and communicating for the purposes of buying sex is also criminalised. Is organising/managing criminalised? Advertising for sex work is criminalised. Procuring is criminalised and includes consensual organising. Obtaining a material benefit is criminalised (exemption for those in "legitimate living arrangement" with a sex worker." (para 1-3).

Countries: Canada
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to a 2021 report published by StatistcsCanada, in 2018 44% of ever-partnered women reported experiencing some form of psychological, physical, or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Canada
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Countries: Canada
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 Canada was 11 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Canada
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Canada is 85 years for women and 81 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

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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Countries: Canada
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1

"In Canada, the definition of a hate crime has evolved out of related Criminal Code sections, identifying “sex” as an identifiable group. The Canadian Human Rights Act also includes “sex” among a list of identifiable groups protected from discrimination. For decades, then, it has been possible to respond to violence against women and girls as a form of hate on the basis of 'sex.' So how often does this actually occur?" (para. 5-6). "Police-reported statistics from 2006-20 show that sex never comprises more than three per cent of reported hate crimes. One study focusing on 2014 compared police figures to self-reported data to show that sex-motivated hate crimes were significantly...more

Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1

"When sentencing the man to life in prison, the judge said: '… he is a violent vindictive, calculating abuser of women, who … took his hatred to its ultimate climax …'" (Para. 17). "The convicted male offender in the “Toronto Van Attack” was also sentenced for killing eight women and two men and injuring 16 others in 2018. He has said he drew his inspiration from the so-called incel online subculture of men united by sexual frustration and a hatred of women" (Para. 18).

Countries: Canada
Variables: LRW-LAW-2, IIP-LAW-2

"...Days before the attack, he had been released after being charged with stalking and sexual assault of unrelated women" (Para. 13).

Countries: Canada
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"'When thinking about culture change in response to the sexual misconduct crisis, the CAF leadership seems to have been incapable of examining which aspects of its culture have been the most deficient,' wrote Arbour in her report. One of the dangers of the model under which the CAF continues to operate is the high likelihood that some of its members are more at risk of harm, on a day-to-day basis, from their comrades than from the enemy,' she wrote" (Para. 3-4). "Navy veteran Dawn McIlmoyle was 19 when she was raped by a fellow sailor in 1992 while a second man looked on, laughing. 'When I came forward, they charged...more

Countries: Canada
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-3

"'There are a lot of Ontario police chiefs that have turned around and said, ‘We don’t want this responsibility downloaded onto us,’ she said. Given the low one-in-10 rate of success at successfully prosecuting rape charges, and considering the problem of sexual violence within police ranks, she warned that the civilian system might not yield more equitable results" (Para.11).

Countries: Canada
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"Regarding land, the law provides women and men with the same rights after divorce or separation to own, use, make decisions and use as collateral (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, sect. 15 & 28). Provincial legislation regulates the specifics of division of property after divorce or separation, for instance the Ontario Family Law establishes that a provision on equalization of net family properties (sect. 5)" (8-9).

Countries: Canada
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"[F]emale surviving spouses are granted the same rights as male surviving spouses to inherit land and non-land assets, as stipulated for instance by the Manitoba Intestate Succession Act (sect. 2)" (4).