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Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
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Variables: DV-SCALE-1

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: LO-SCALE-3

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-2

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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: LO-SCALE-1

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Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, China, Congo, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Haiti, Honduras, Madagascar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1

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Dec. 28, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Honduras in 2023 was 16.93 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 8.61 per 100,000.
Dec. 10, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Honduras in 2023 was 23.9%.
Nov. 13, 2025, 10:04 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Abortion is prohibited entirely, with no exceptions, and women and providers can be imprisoned" (Para 13).
Nov. 11, 2025, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Honduras is one of five Latin American countries – along with Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic – where abortion is prohibited in all circumstances, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant woman’s life is at risk" (para 3).
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Honduras's laws do not permit abortion in any situation.
Sept. 4, 2025, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1

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June 28, 2025, 5:25 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"Illegal for any reason. In 2021, the government changed the constitution to prevent future abortion legalization" (Para 14).
June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1.2. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2023, the gross enrollment rate for females is 60% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 50%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
April 2, 2025, 5:22 p.m.
Countries: Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"The Dominican Republic is the fifth country in Latin America with the highest rate of femicide per 100,000 women, after El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia and Guatemala" (4).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-4

"The Committee commends the State party on its multisectoral delegation, which was headed by the State Secretary at the Office for Women’s Affairs, Doris Yolany Garcia Paredes" (1). "The Committee welcomes the adoption of Executive Decree No. 5-2022, which elevates the National Institute of Women to a State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs, with ministerial rank. The Committee, however, notes with concern: (a) That the State Secretariat for Women’s Affairs, which acts as the national machinery for the advancement of women, lacks sustainable funding and sufficient human resources to effectively discharge its mandate" (5).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CWC-DATA-4

"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"The Committee commends the State party on its multisectoral delegation, which was headed by the State Secretary at the Office for Women’s Affairs, Doris Yolany Garcia Paredes" (1). "The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption and establishment of the following: (a) Gender Equality Observatory, as a mechanism for the monitoring of the implementation of gender mainstreaming in all State institutions, in 2019; (b) Strategic Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons (2016–2022)" (2). "The Committee remains concerned about: (a) The lack of independence, impartiality...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[W]omen account for only 5.4 per cent of mayors" (9).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4

"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2016 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Regulations for the National Solidarity Credit Programme for Rural Women Act, in 2018" (1).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) The lack of measures to address sexual harassment in the workplace, especially of young women and lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women" (12).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5

"[T]he Committee notes with concern… (b) The occupational segregation and concentration of women in low-paid jobs in the informal economy and domestic work, without access to labour and social protection, and women’s loss of income during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in rural and remote areas" (12).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

"[T]he Committee notes with concern: (a) The low workforce participation rate among women (42.33 per cent in 2021) due to the disproportionate burden of unpaid domestic and care work placed on women… (d) The high unemployment rate among Indigenous women, rural women and women with disabilities" (12).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1

"[T]he Committee notes with concern… (c) The persistent gender pay gap" (12).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"It also notes with concern… (c) The underreporting of gender-based violence against women and girls due to victims’ fear of stigmatization or reprisals, economic dependence on an abusive partner, legal illiteracy, language barriers and a lack of trust in law enforcement authorities; (d) The lack of adequate assistance and remedies for women seeking to escape violent relationships, the insufficient number of adequate shelters across the State party and the frequent practice of sending victims back to their abusive partners or compelling them to part with their children" (7). "Ensure the availability of a dedicated hotline available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for victims of domestic and sexual...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1

"It also notes with concern… the frequent practice of sending victims back to their abusive partners or compelling them to part with their children" (7).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CONST-LAW-1

"The Committee notes that the principles of equality and non-discrimination are enshrined in the Constitution" (3).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2016 of the State party’s combined seventh and eighth periodic reports in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Regulations for the National Solidarity Credit Programme for Rural Women Act, in 2018" (1). "It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "However, it remains concerned about intersecting forms of discrimination against disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women in the State party, in particular...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CUST-LAW-4

"[A]rticle 22 of the Special Act on Adoption (2018) prohibits the adoption of children by women in same-sex marriages or de facto unions" (17).
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CWC-DATA-3

"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10). "The Committee takes note of the efforts put in place by the State...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1

"[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10).