Countries: Croatia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1

"With vigils outside clinics, marches drawing thousands and groups of men kneeling to pray in public squares, religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. The fierce debate has fueled divisions in the European Union nation of about 3.9 million people where abortion remains legal but access to the procedure is often denied, sending many women to neighboring Slovenia to end a pregnancy" (para 1-2). "'I find it incredible that we are even discussing this in the year 2024,' said Ana Sunic, a mother of two from Zagreb, Croatia's capital. 'It is every person’s basic right to decide what they will do...more

Countries: Croatia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"A current campaign by a Za Zivot — 'for life' — movement in Croatia includes prayers, vigils and lectures 'for the salvation of the unborn and a stop to abortions in our nation.' A men’s organization dubbed Muzevni Budite, or 'be masculine,' is behind the prayers in city squares, where they preach the revival of male dominance and traditional gender roles along with a campaign against abortions. In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community" (para 10-12).

Countries: Croatia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1

"In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community. Mirela Cavajda was 20 weeks pregnant when doctors informed her that her fetus had a brain tumor and no chance of a normal life. Though the abortion was eventually permitted in Croatia, Cavajde had it performed in Slovenia. As many as 207 Croatian women traveled to a single border hospital in Slovenia that same year for the procedure, a study by Croatian obstetrician Jasenka Grujić showed" (para 12-14).

Countries: Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mauritius, Paraguay, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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Countries: Croatia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Croatia ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Croatia
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 Croatia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 13 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkmenistan
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: Croatia
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 Croatia was 5 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Croatia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Croatia is 80 years for women and 73 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: Croatia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Uzbekistan
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Croatia
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: Inheritance Law of 2003, Art. 9.

Countries: Croatia
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"'Women also carry a double burden of managing household, family and business obligations, are underrepresented in the economic and political decision-making and predominantly represent victims of domestic and sexual violence,' stated Višnja Ljubičić, Ombudswoman for Gender Equality of the Republic of Croatia. 'Society must overcome these and all other aspects of inequality which stem from deep-rooted and persistent stereotypes and prejudices'" (para 7).

Countries: Croatia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1

"The law provides married women with the same rights as married men to open a bank account at a formal financial institution (Gender Equality Act, art. 6). Additionally, the law provides married/unmarried women with the same rights as married/unmarried men to obtain credit (Gender Equality Act, art. 6). There is no legal discrimination and it appears that there are no practices that may restrict those rights" (7).