Countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Yes selling sex is criminalised. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised Is organising/managing criminalised? UNAIDS staff provided responses to buying/selling but omitted any information on managing/organising. We are assuming that organising and managing are criminalised as it would be unusual for this not to be if buying and selling are criminalised.

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: DV-DATA-1

Table 3 of this 2020 World Bank training document states that 85% of violence against women occurs within the family environment. It also cites a 2010 study that found 44% of women claiming to be victims of physical violence, 43% victims of sexual violence, and 80% victims of psychological violence (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Guinea-Bissau ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
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: Guinea-Bissau
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 Guinea-Bissau was 725 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Guinea-Bissau is 62 years for women and 57 years for men (KM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '25.7%.'"

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"The order in which the heirs are called, without prejudice to the provisions of the title of adoption is as follows: a) Descendants; b) Ascendants; c) Siblings and their descendants; d) Spouse; e) Other collaterals up to the sixth degree; f) The State" (253). "In the absence of relatives of the first three classes of successors, the surviving spouse is called to the succession of the entire estate" (254). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2006) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more

Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"In fact, we have come to the conclusion that with the exception of one group, all—repeat all—members of the Guinea-Bissau modern elite are related by family ties. Given the small size of this group, possibly 4,000 individuals—including children—most have several ties, both by blood and by marriage. The vast majority of individuals are probably related within the category of third cousin and the numbers of people who have double and triple relationships (e.g., third cousin through one relative, first cousin through another, related by marriage) are legend" (para 3). The 'modern elite' refers to those who have gained social capital through political participation, indicative of consanguineous marriage as an agreed-upon...more

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"Women smallholder farmers are...penalized by their limited decision making power over household budgets" (5).

Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1, IAD-PRACTICE-1

"The situation in rural Guinea-Bissau is particularly critical, as many women do not own a field and thus cannot grow anything themselves. They have no right to land – either through marriage, inheritance or purchase" (5).