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Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"Indigenous women and girls are more likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women and girls in Canada. The true extent of the violence remains unknown because of poor data collection on the Indigenous identity of victims of violent crime, but testimony gathered by the National Inquiry into Missed and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, demonstrated that the scale and scope of violence against First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women, girls, and two-spirit persons – and Canada’s failure to prevent, address, and redress this violence – remains one of the most egregious and urgent human rights concerns in Canada. The release of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Sex workers in Canada are overwhelmingly women and LGBTI individuals and are among the most marginalized and stigmatized groups in society" (10). "Under the PCEPA, sex workers have become further marginalized and are exposed to substantially greater risk. Since the PCEPA’s enactment, sex workers have faced increased levels of targeted violence, stigmatization and discrimination" (10).
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"The criminalization of sex work, and the current state of the law in Canada with respect to sex work, creates barriers to the realization of the human rights of sex workers in Canada" (10). "In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford declared that three provisions of Canada’s Criminal Code were unconstitutional: section 210 (keeping or being found in a bawdy house), section 212(1)(j) (living on the avails of prostitution), and section 213(1)(c) (communicating in public for the purpose of prostitution). These provisions were struck down by the Court for violating the right to security of the person under the Charter of Rights and...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: IRP-DATA-1

"Sex workers face an increased risk of violence and abuse, and crimes against them often go unreported, under-investigated, and/or unpunished, offering perpetrators impunity" (10). "Under the PCEPA, sex workers have become further marginalized and are exposed to substantially greater risk. Since the PCEPA’s enactment, sex workers have faced increased levels of targeted violence, stigmatization and discrimination" (10).
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"States are specifically required to have 'executive policies or plans of action to eliminate violence against women.' Despite playing a leading role in promoting National Action Plans at the UN Human Rights Council, Canada has failed to live up to this obligation domestically. Many governments specifically called on Canada to commit to developing a National Action Plan when Canada’s human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council in May 2018. In June 2017, the federal government launched It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence. Alongside a broad coalition of women’s rights and equality-seeking organizations, Amnesty International has underscored the strategy’s insufficiency because it only...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: FSCB-PRACTICE-1

"Racial bias against Indigenous peoples in the provision of public services in Canada is a well-known problem. This discrimination has led to medically unnecessary sterilizations – mostly tubal ligations – without the free, full, and informed consent of Indigenous patients. Forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada has been documented from the 1800s to the present. In the 1970s, there were about 1,200 cases of coerced sterilization of Indigenous women, reportedly intended to reduce the numbers of Indigenous persons in Canada. In July 2017, the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority released the report of an external review commissioned after at least four Indigenous women reported that they had been...more
Jan. 23, 2025, 4:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: FSCB-LAW-1

"In December 2018, the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) affirmed that forced and coerced sterilization of women in Canada is a form of torture – because this practice is intentional, committed by state officials, causes serious harm, and is rooted in discrimination – and called on Canada to take steps to investigate the issue, halt the practice, ensure justice for survivors, and report back to the Committee on progress made within a year. In August 2019, the House of Commons Health Committee called on the federal government to take urgent action on the issue of forced and coerced sterilization in Canada. While expressing concern that the practice has continued in...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1

"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-LAW-2

"Deepfake porn involving minors falls into a 'grey area' of Canada’s laws around consent, revenge porn and child exploitation, said Suzie Dunn, an assistant law professor at Dalhousie University whose research centres on deepfakes. Although deepfake porn isn’t clearly defined as illegal in the Criminal Code, the provision for child pornography could apply, Dunn said. It considers material child pornography, 'whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means.' There is also a provision that makes it an offence to share explicit images of another person without their consent. However, on a plain reading of the law, Dunn said that only includes authentic nude images of someone. Regulations...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-LAW-1

"In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police to report what they thought was a crime. They said a boy they knew had made naked pictures of all of them — his classmates, friends and girls he only knew through social media. Using artificial intelligence tools, he put their faces onto someone else’s naked body, creating explicit “deepfake” porn of them without their consent, essentially out of thin air. To the girls and their parents, the act should have been illegal. However, in a move that illustrates a growing dilemma facing investigators and lawmakers tasked with handling...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-LAW-1

"In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police to report what they thought was a crime. They said a boy they knew had made naked pictures of all of them — his classmates, friends and girls he only knew through social media. Using artificial intelligence tools, he put their faces onto someone else’s naked body, creating explicit “deepfake” porn of them without their consent, essentially out of thin air. To the girls and their parents, the act should have been illegal. However, in a move that illustrates a growing dilemma facing investigators and lawmakers tasked with handling...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-PRACTICE-1

"He has your nudes. She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone. How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone. 'I was like, ‘What? That’s not possible,’' the girl said. Her mind drifted to the worst-case scenario — 'Has someone taken photos of me while I was asleep?' In late January of this year, a group of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 went to Toronto police...more
Jan. 2, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: PRN-LAW-2

"Deepfake porn involving minors falls into a 'grey area' of Canada’s laws around consent, revenge porn and child exploitation, said Suzie Dunn, an assistant law professor at Dalhousie University whose research centres on deepfakes. Although deepfake porn isn’t clearly defined as illegal in the Criminal Code, the provision for child pornography could apply, Dunn said. It considers material child pornography, 'whether or not it was made by electronic or mechanical means.' There is also a provision that makes it an offence to share explicit images of another person without their consent. However, on a plain reading of the law, Dunn said that only includes authentic nude images of someone. Regulations...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Canada, France, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Sweden
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

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Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
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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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

"Countries including Australia, Canada, and the United States committed to survivor engagement through their national action plans" (17). According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Canada ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report noted that while the government meets the minimum standards, its efforts to identify victims, provide protections to all victims – particularly forced labor victims – and investigate and prosecute forced labor crimes, remained inadequate overall. Other reports indicate that human trafficking is currently one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada, with many victims Canadian-born and ranging in age from minors to 24+. This suggests that enforcement is becoming more lax over time...more
March 11, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
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).
March 9, 2024, 5:19 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Canada who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 44.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
March 9, 2024, 2:55 p.m.
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).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Canada
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: 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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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
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).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Canada
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 Canada is 60.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
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).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Canada is 80.4 years for men and 84.1 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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