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Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: WR-PRACTICE-2

"Widowed women are not entitled to inheritance and to be legal successors, are not protected and receive no care from the family, siblings, relatives, and others" (18).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1

"Women are not entitled to inheritance and to be legal successors" (18).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: IM-DATA-1

"Up to the year 2021, the infant mortality rate [was reduced] to 12.8/1,000, the child mortality rate [was reduced] to 14.3/1,000" (28).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1

"The Lao government as well as [the Laos Ministry of Health] has concerned and provide a close supervision on the prevention and addressing HIV/AIDS and STIs. At the present, number of laws and policies have been adopted and approved as well as the National Strategy 2021-2030 and Action Plan 2021-2025 on the prevention and addressing HIV/AIDS and STIs. Moreover, the manual for prevention and treatment for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and STIs for HIV/AIDS also has been introduced to the teams; there are 191 HIV counseling and blood testing centers in across the country, and 11 treatment units in 8 provinces and 9 points of care in 9...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1

"For the election of the 9th National Assembly of Lao People's Democratic Republic, there are 36 female parliamentarians out of 164 parliamentarians (21,95%)" (22).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: LBHO-LAW-2

"Especially since the completion of the combination the 8th and the 9th Periodic Report in the implementation of CEDAW, the government has also continuously adopted a number of additional legislations and strategies as measures and references for the promotion of women’s and children’s rights, such as...the 4th National Plan of Action for Gender Equality (2021-2025) with the target of more than 30% of women’s participation in politics" (12)."The Government has developed policies as measures for the promotion of gender equality, which includes...defining targets for promotion and creation of enabling conditions for the allocation of women into decision-making positions at all levels appropriately, such as Members of the National Assembly and...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: LDS-DATA-1

"Migrant workers [account] for 8% of the total workers in [Laos]" (32)."The Government of Lao PDR has issued registered cards to foreign workers to meet domestic demand, in the period 2016-2020, there are 134.288 workers (21.195 women)" (34).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: LDS-LAW-1

"In order to create an environment for women to benefit from social protection, especially women migrant workers, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, in collaboration with concerned parties, has been raised the awareness and understanding of social protection through many different channels to increase the access rate" (32)."Lao PDR protects migrant workers (including women migrant workers) by providing their rights and duties in the Labour Law, to be treated equal before the law as domestic workforces" (34).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: LO-DATA-1

"In order to strengthen and promote the women empowerment in economic,especially the access to funding, the Bank of Lao PDR, in collaboration with Rural Micro-Finance Inclusion for the Poor Project, which is supported by GIZ, under the management of the Department of Financial Institution Supervision, has conducted a training on strengthening gender equality for the banking sector" (31).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

"Up to the year 2021... the maternal mortality rate [was reducaed] to 60.8/100,000" (28).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"In addition, the civil society organizations have also been involved in the provision of access to justice for instance the Association for Women and Law Education has set up counseling centers in 2 villages of Xaythany and Xaysettha districts for the women and children who have been the victims of gender-based violence" (11)."Microfinance institutions that receive deposits for the development of women and families have 15 service units; they have 15.984 members, has given credit to 3.772 members and won the ASEAN award for rural development and poverty eradication" (13)."In addition, the Association for Women’s Development and Legal Education is a civil-society organisation that supports the training of 53 Village...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"The Lao PDR considers important the strict implementation of the Family Law by defining “one husband-one wife” at legal age to be legally marriage and shall follow the one husband-one wife principle only, multiple husbands and multiple wives in one marriage is not allowed (Article 142, Civil Codes)" (35).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"In order to elaborate the COs of the CEDAW Committee proposed to the National Assembly and the People’s Provincial Assemblies (PPAs) to pay attention in dissemination of laws related to the rights and interests of women in various ways to widely raise awareness among employees, people and students. In 2019-2022, the National Assembly and PPAs organized 455 dissemination workshops with the aim to promote gender equality and all forms of discrimination against women across the country with the total participants of 55.588 people and 24.591 women" (7)."In order to create general legal awareness, specifically the provisions on non-discrimination and gender equality, the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) has adopted advertising...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: SRACE-PRACTICE-2

"In informal education, eradication of illiteracy is organised for target groups of 5.036 people aged 15-40 (2.671 women and 2.365 men). Provided supplementary classes for 10.071 people (5.299 women and 5.411 men), provided vocational training to 3.161 people (1.649 women and 1.512 men). In addition, there are also teachinglearning methods for illiteracy eradication and vocational training for women in poor areas in order to help with income generation and improve better life quality for families, which implemented in two main programs, namely, program of literacy promotion and program of education promotion for girls" (26)."Furthermore, the Department of Financial Institution Supervision also organised meetings to provide a financial knowledge for financial...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

"In the investigation, prosecution and punishment of [Trafficking in Persons] offenders from 2019 to 2021 had 57 cases with 100 suspects (61 female), 113 victims (110 women) in which 60 victims among them were under 18 (57 women)" (21).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"In addition, the Office of the Supreme People’s Prosecutor has developed a handbook for monitoring human trafficking cases [and] a handbook for the deportation of the perpetrator" (11). The existence of laws against trafficking of people can be extrapolated from the existence of handbooks for the monitoring of human trafficking cases and for the policies surroudning deportation of perpetrators of trafficking (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-3

"The government has focused on providing legal aid for free to…victims of human trafficking through legal aid organizations" (9)."The Ministry of Health (MOH) established victim support units at 7 central hospitals.. in each hospital, from the central to the local level, there is a team to assist victims of violence, including...victims of trafficking in persons" (19).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1

"The National Committee for Anti-Trafficking in Persons conducted research and issued policies to prevent and combat TIP in various forms, such as: Formulating the National Plan on TIP combating and prevention phase III (2021-2025), constructing shelters for TIP victims in Luangnamtha Province, [and] publishing of 6.000 Guidelines books on prosecution of preparing and attempting for TIP offense" (20-21)."The Centre for Counselling and Protection of Women and Children of the Lao Women's Union provides 5 necessary assistances for victims [of Trafficking in Persons], such as: temporary safe shelters, legal aid, medical aid, education and vocational training, and reintegration into family, society and economic support" (21)."The [Centre for Counselling and Protection of...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: UVAW-PRACTICE-1

"In 2019-2020, there were 759 cases [of violence], where victims were women" (20).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"At the same time, the incorporation of living skills, sex education and reproductive health into the new curriculum was completed for the subject of Good Qualities of grade 1 and grade 2 and strengthened capacity for mainstreaming of gender equality into curriculum and writing of textbooks, the design illustrations in textbooks, focused on gender perspectives" (24).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1

"In order to ensure that the female victims of violence have access to affective assistance, the Lao Women's Union (LWU) is a representative for the protection of the rights of women and children and an organization that has been active in helping the women who have been the victims" (11). This quote suggests that the Lao Women's Union has a close relationship with the Laotian government and operates as a representative of the government in matters related to women and children's issues (NAC - CODER COMMENT)."The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the role of approving and managing the receipt of foreign funds and approval of foreign experts according to Instruction...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: CWC-DATA-2

"For providing healthcare for rural women, Lao PDR has carried out the following tasks: Health workers of health centers, village volunteers and village facilitators reach out to rural communities to provide information, especially the knowledge of how to take care of women’s and children’s health in the community such as hygiene, sexual health, nutrition, care during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care, including care for babies and family planning; For rural women to receive a prenatal care and give birth with free of charge at public health facilities; In case of treatment at hospitals, women can use Health Insurance Fund; For women who not ready to have children, the family planning...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"In order to provide neonatal care, childbirth and postpartum care for women, Strategic Objective 2 of the RMNCAH, the neonatal care, childbirth and postpartum care for women has been emphasized, where its manual has been introduced since 2017 and it has been used in countrywide, the screening risks has been carried out among women in pregnancy, number of trainings has been conducted in 148 districts of 18 provinces with 473 (389 women) health workers involved. Since 2020, the Manual for emergency childbirth has been introduced by emphasizing the prevention and transmission of virus from mother to child, especially HIV/AIDS, syphilis, hepatitis B which can help to reduce the number of...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: CONST-LAW-1

"The Lao PDR implemented the policy of promoting gender equality and combating discrimination against women as one of the government’s priorities. Provisions on non-discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, politic, economic and social status, education level, and family that defined in the Constitution of the Lao PDR, especially Article 35 and Article 37" (6)."The Lao PDR attaches importance to promote gender equality by formulating and amending constitution and laws as the articles 35 and 37 of the Lao Constitution state that men and women have equal rights and duties before laws" (35).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ATC-DATA-5

"The Lao PDR needs to develop knowledge and deep understanding about the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which Lao PDR has signed. At the present, concerned ministries have plan to conduct consultations, study the provisions of the Convention and related domestic legislations, including capacity building for officers for knowledge and deep understanding of the contents of the Convention before accession to the Convention. Although, Lao PDR has not ratified the Convention, Lao PDR is a party to ICCPR that also has provisions prohibiting enforced disappearance. As for the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their...more
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ATC-DATA-4

"The Lao PDR is not ready to be a party to the Optional Protocol of CEDAW Convention due to the lack of capacity in term of human resource, financial resource and others to fulfil obligations under the Protocol" (37).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ATC-DATA-1

"The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1981" (1).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ABO-LAW-1

"In the management of illegal surrogacy and abortion, the MOH issued Decision on the Management of Surrogacy and Abortion No. 2077/MOH, 2021, the objective is to prescribe principles, regulations, methods and measures related to monitoring, an inspection of pregnancy, surrogacy, abortion and abortion of others in the Lao PDR, in order to implement this task in line scientific principles, medical ethics, moral principles and justice for citizens" (22). While this quote does not specifically describe under which circumstances abortion would be considered illegal, it shows that such circumstances do exist under Laotian law (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: ACR-LAW-1

"In the management of illegal surrogacy and abortion, the MOH issued Decision on the Management of Surrogacy and Abortion No. 2077/MOH, 2021, the objective is to prescribe principles, regulations, methods and measures related to monitoring, an inspection of pregnancy, surrogacy, abortion and abortion of others in the Lao PDR, in order to implement this task in line scientific principles, medical ethics, moral principles and justice for citizens" (22). While this quote does not specifically describe under which circumstances surrogacy would be considered illegal, it shows that such circumstances do exist under Laotian law (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 17, 2025, 9:28 a.m.
Countries: Laos
Variables: AFE-LAW-1

"In 2020, the Government issued Decree No. 208/GOL/2020 on lifelong learning as a measure to ensure that all Lao citizens, regardless of gender, access to all forms of education" (23).