Countries: Georgia
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"Articles 143-1 and 143-2 of the criminal code criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties ranging from seven to 12 years’ imprisonment for offenses involving an adult victim, and eight to 12 years’ imprisonment for offenses involving a child victim. These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with regard to sex trafficking, commensurate with those for serious crimes, such as rape.The criminal code criminalized “abuse of services of a victim of human trafficking” but authorities have never investigated a suspect, particularly because of the difficulty in proving a suspect reasonably knew or suspected a person was a trafficking victim." (3).

Countries: Georgia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"'Well, they don’t abduct you, but it becomes forced soon enough,' the source said. 'They give you promises. They say you can make 5 billion rials in a year and then you can go back to your life. But this is when the disaster begins. They make sure you get addicted. To alcohol, to drugs. Then you’ll do anything to get these. Then they get your passport and tell you that you’ll be executed if you go back to Iran. They beat you up, they insult you, even jail you. They make you think there is no way out. And you know the government will be on their side when...more

Countries: Georgia
Variables: IRP-DATA-3

"The presence of Iranian prostitutes in Georgia has been intermittently reported in Iranian media. Last year, a local Persian blog claimed 17 Iranian nightclub/brothels were operating in Tbilisi. Another published an interview with a 26-year old sex worker from the city of Kermanshah. Similar accounts have been published by a number of travelers" (para 7). "'Of course, we have Iranians, all ages, all tastes,' he says. 'A bit more expensive than Georgians but still affordable for you. We also have Russians, blacks, Armenians. We are here to serve.' Prices range from 40 to 200 dollars, with a little bit extra for an overnight stay" (para 10).

Countries: Georgia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal as an administrative offence (Art 172 Code of Administrative Offences) Also renting a space for 'purposes of prostitution' also illegal under the brothel-keeping laws. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Under the Criminal Code of Georgia it is illegal to engage/procure a person into 'prostitution' using force/coercion/threats of violence (Article 253). There is also a law against "Making available an area or dwelling place for prostitution", which criminalises all brothel-keeping (Article 254).

Countries: Georgia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Georgia ranks as a Tier 1 country (85). The report stated that although the government meets the minimum standards, it convicted fewer traffickers and identified its lowest number of victims since 2016. This suggest increasingly lax enforcement (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

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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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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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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Countries: Georgia
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 Georgia is 55.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Georgia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Civil Code, Arts. 1158, 1161 and 1168 (2).

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: Georgia
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '13.9%.'"

Countries: Georgia
Variables: ADCM-LAW-1

"1. Spouses shall have equal shares in the matrimonial property unless they agree otherwise. 2. A court may deviate from the rule of equal shares, taking into account the interests of minor children or the weighty interests of one of the spouses; in particular, the share of one of the spouses may be increased if the minor children reside with him or her, or if he or she is a disabled person, or if the other spouse has spent the matrimonial property to the detriment of the family interests. 3. Based on the above grounds, the court may award each spouse the property that has been acquired by each of...more

Countries: Georgia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The spouses shall have equal rights to the matrimonial property. The spouses shall possess, use and administer the property by mutual agreement. 1. The matrimonial property shall be administered by agreement of the spouses, regardless of which spouse administers the property. 2. No transaction made by one of the spouses in connection with the administration of the matrimonial property may be declared void upon request of the other spouse on the ground that: a) he/she had no knowledge of the transaction; b) he/she disagreed with the transaction. 3. As a co-owner, a spouse may claim the benefit obtained from the administration of the property. The following shall be the separate...more

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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