Countries: Lesotho
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"Lesotho is also one of the few countries where more women commit suicide than men. According to 2019 figures from World Bank, the rate in women was 30.1 out of 100,000. High rates of violence could be one reason for this. According to UNAIDS, one in three women and girls in the country were abused by an intimate partner in 2020" (para 21-22).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: ISTD-DATA-2

"Lesotho also has one of the highest prevalence rates of HIV in the world. An estimated one in five adults live with the condition, per the CDC, and 4,000 people over the age of 15 died of AIDS in 2021. This has left about 110,000 children orphaned. Women also experience this at higher rates. In 2019, 190,000 females over 15 had HIV, compared to 130,000 males" (para 23-24).

Countries: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Central African Rep, Chile, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, East Timor, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

15

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: Lesotho
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"However, sex work is mostly mistaken for prostitution, as thus, the state through its police institutions arbitrarily arrest sex workers without any intention of trial due to lack of supporting laws" (para 1).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"The 2011 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act, as amended, criminalized labor trafficking and sex trafficking. The law prescribed penalties of up to 25 years’ imprisonment for the trafficking of adults and up to life imprisonment for the trafficking of children. These penalties were sufficiently stringent and, with regard to sex trafficking, commensurate with penalties prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape." (3).

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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Countries: Lesotho
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 Lesotho who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 40 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

566

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: Lesotho
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 Lesotho was 566 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Lesotho is 56 years for women and 50 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"However, the state through its police institutions arbitrarily arrest sex workers without any intention of trial due to lack of supporting laws. As a consequence, it makes it easier for clients, police and criminals to rape, abduct, harass, assault, traffic and violate sex workers" (para. 8). "Due to the absence of law and human rights protection mechanisms, sex workers work in harsh and poor conditions including cold nights, dirty streets and unsafe bars in an effort to evade arbitrary arrests and violations of their human rights. As a consequence, the above mentioned undesirable conditions make it easier for clients, criminals and members of the law enforcement agencies to rape and...more

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"However, the state through its police institutions arbitrarily arrest sex workers without any intention of trial due to lack of supporting laws. As a consequence, it makes it easier for clients, police and criminals to rape, abduct, harass, assault, traffic and violate sex workers" (para. 8). "With the continued stigma and discrimination, some sex workers are still struggling to access sexual and reproductive health services and HIV services freely. However, through different initiatives from relevant partners and stakeholders, sensitisation and capacity building programs targeted at health professionals are beginning to yield fruitful results" (para. 10). "Due to the fact that the majority of people in Lesotho believe in Christianity and...more

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"With the continued stigma and discrimination, some sex workers are still struggling to access sexual and reproductive health services and HIV services freely. However, through different initiatives from relevant partners and stakeholders, sensitisation and capacity building programs targeted at health professionals are beginning to yield fruitful results" (para. 10). "[W]e realised that some of the new sex workers are not aware of their human rights, free sexual and reproductive health services and HIV services" (para.17).