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Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"The number of people being prosecuted for buying sex is set to hit record levels with more than 300 charges brought in the first three months of the year, The Sunday Times can reveal. The first-quarter surge in prosecutions in the Republic of Ireland compares with 348 people charged in all of 2023 and 401 people prosecuted in 2022, according to garda figures" (para 1-2). "Ruth Breslin, a lead researcher at the sexual exploitation research programme at UCD, said the garda figures were positive in that more people were being prosecuted. A total of 1,995 people have been charged with buying sex since it became an offence in February 2017....more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Most sex purchases are made through Escort-Ireland, the country’s largest sexual services website, which provides virtual and in-person sessions, mainly with women, in towns across the country. The site contains explicit reviews of women selling sexual services and allows clients to rate them from one star to five. An investigation by this newspaper found that you can create an account on the site without providing identification to prove you are 18. You must provide ID to advertise yourself as an escort but you can still receive messages from users of the sites as well as promotional emails without doing so" (para 3-5). "Google searches for Escort-Ireland here have remained consistently...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"He moved his operations to Spain in 2017 when Ireland made it illegal to advertise sex" (para 9). "A total of 1,995 people have been charged with buying sex since it became an offence in February 2017" (para 13).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1, IRP-DATA-3

"Breslin said she had found evidence of migrant women being advertised who had been trafficked into Ireland and were unaware that they were being advertised on the site. 'The women being advertised as very young at 18 or 19, for possibly low prices, are actually a red flag for trafficking or exploitation,' she said" (para 19-20).
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-DATA-1

"A survey of Escort-Ireland found 869 female escorts available for hire and no men. Only 30 of the women were Irish. Sixteen per cent were under the age of 25, including some aged just 18" (para 6).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"It [report by the Independent Review Group of Ireland's armed forces] found that incidents of bullying and rape were covered up and that no sexual harassment cases were officially recorded through the formal complaints process between 2019 to 2021" (para 7). This implies strong taboos of reporting rape or assault in Ireland's armed forces (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Ireland's armed forces 'barely tolerates women', a report into bullying and sexual harassment has found. The report by the Independent Review Group found a 'discernible pattern of rape and sexual assault'" (para 1,2). "In the review [report by the Independent Review Group of Ireland's armed forces] , 88% of female respondents surveyed said they had experienced one or more forms of sexual harassment" (para 11).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-3

"Ireland's armed forces 'barely tolerates women', a report into bullying and sexual harassment has found. The report by the Independent Review Group found a 'discernible pattern of rape and sexual assault'" (para 1-2). "It [report by the Independent Review Group of Ireland's armed forces] found that incidents of bullying and rape were covered up and that no sexual harassment cases were officially recorded through the formal complaints process between 2019 to 2021" (para 7). "In the review, 88% of female respondents surveyed said they had experienced one or more forms of sexual harassment. Interviewees reported sexual assaults taking place in barracks, naval boats, shower facilities and while abroad on tours....more
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: EWCMS-PRACTICE-2

"In a paragraph in the report [by the Independent Review Group] in relation to the subject of misogny it said: 'Different sources available to the IRG-DF conclude that, at best, the Defence Forces barely tolerates women and, at its worst, verbally, physically, sexually and psychologically abuses women in its ranks" (para 16).
Nov. 5, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-2

"It [report by the Independent Review Group of Ireland's armed forces] found that incidents of bullying and rape were covered up and that no sexual harassment cases were officially recorded through the formal complaints process between 2019 to 2021" (para 7). "In the review [report by the Independent Review Group of Ireland's armed forces] , 88% of female respondents surveyed said they had experienced one or more forms of sexual harassment" (para 11).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Bahamas, Barbados, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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July 9, 2024, 8:20 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"Research carried out by Amnesty International warned legislation implemented in 2017 was driving sex workers to put their lives at risk in a desperate bid to dodge the police... The leading human rights organisation accused authorities of misusing the law, which was billed as being created to stop human trafficking and exploitation of sex workers" (para 2-3). "Ireland criminalised the buying of sex and substantially bolstered penalties dished out for brothel-keeping – which is defined as two or more sex workers operating from the same property" (para 4). "The new research, based on interviews with sex workers, found most had been subjected to violence from clients while doing their jobs....more
July 9, 2024, 8:20 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Sex workers told Amnesty they feared reporting violence to the police due to concerns they could be left homeless if their landlord was alerted and they subsequently face eviction" (para 16).
July 9, 2024, 8:20 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Many sex workers choose to work together to keep safe from clients but those doing so in Ireland can be sentenced to a year in jail or hit with a €5,000 (£4,187) fine under the 2017 laws" (para 5). "While it is not illegal for individuals to buy or sell sex in the UK, soliciting, working on the street, sex workers banding together as a group and prostitutes advertising themselves is illegal" (para 9).
July 9, 2024, 8:19 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Detective Chief Superintendent Declan Daly said 'A physical or sexual assault on a prostitute is a serious crime and an attack on a vulnerable person in the community. Any person who commits such an attack can expect to be subject to a criminal investigation. Those persons who seek out and purchase sexual services also commit a criminal offence and will be prosecuted'" (para 6).
July 9, 2024, 8:19 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"The Garda National Protective Services Bureau has formally established Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit, to police all aspects of organised criminality within the sex trade, including the enforcement of legislation criminalising the purchase of sexual services" (para 1). "The establishment of this specialised unit reinforces An Garda Síochána’s commitment to protecting vulnerable persons, including victims of human trafficking involved in prostitution in Ireland. This will be achieved by, tackling crime gangs involved in organisation prostitution, by targeting the demand for prostitution and by safeguarding those persons trafficked for sexual exploitation" (para 3). "The Unit, have been actively targeting organised prostitution and brothel keeping. For example a 44 year old male and...more
May 23, 2024, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"The 2008 Human Trafficking Act, amended in 2013, criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties up to life imprisonment, which were sufficiently stringent and, with respect to sex trafficking, commensurate with punishments prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. The law broadly defined sexual exploitation to include the sexual abuse of children. The Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences) Act of 2017 criminalized the purchase of sexual services and prescribed more severe penalties for the purchase of sex from a person subjected to trafficking. In such cases, the burden of proof shifted to the accused, who had to prove they were unaware the victim was exploited in trafficking." (3).more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ireland ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
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 Ireland who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 16 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkmenistan
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: Ireland
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 Ireland was 5 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
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 Ireland is 60.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 15, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
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 provides the following as a source: Family Law (Divorce) Act, Sec. 20(2)(f) (2).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Ireland is 84 years for women and 80 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Ireland is 80.2 years for men and 83.5 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).