Latest items for North Korea
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1
"The father-daughter outing comes amid mounting speculation that Ju Ae could be the next in line to rule North Korea. The young girl, who is believed to be around 12 years old, has been described by North Korea's state media as a 'great person of guidance' - a term typically reserved exclusively for top leaders and their successors" (par. 24-25). This suggests that women can hold political office if they are determined to be the one to inherit the political power (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-1
"The father-daughter outing comes amid mounting speculation that Ju Ae could be the next in line to rule North Korea. The young girl, who is believed to be around 12 years old, has been described by North Korea's state media as a 'great person of guidance' - a term typically reserved exclusively for top leaders and their successors" (par. 24-25). This suggests that women can hold political office if they are determined to be the one to inherit the political power (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-2
"Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses will face imprisonment once the divorce is finalised, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (par. 9-13).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-2
"Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses will face imprisonment once the divorce is finalised, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (par. 9-13).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment for divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown" (par. 1). "RFA reported that divorce rates had increased on the back of Covid-19 when lockdown constraints put couples up against it financially. Rates of divorce are not said to have significantly dropped even though citizens are now threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers' Party" (par. 18-19).
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment for divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown" (par. 1). "RFA reported that divorce rates had increased on the back of Covid-19 when lockdown constraints put couples up against it financially. Rates of divorce are not said to have significantly dropped even though citizens are now threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers' Party" (par. 18-19).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATDW-LAW-5
"Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses will face imprisonment once the divorce is finalised, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (par. 9-13). "'Until last year, when a couple divorced, only the...more
Variables: ATDW-LAW-5
"Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses will face imprisonment once the divorce is finalised, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (par. 9-13). "'Until last year, when a couple divorced, only the...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment for divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown" (par. 1). "Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses...more
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment for divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown" (par. 1). "Jong Un has also ordered divorcing couples be sent to labour camp to pay the ultimate price for their 'crimes'. As part of the new 'crackdown' the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve up to six months as a break up of marriage is viewed as 'anti-socialist'. Women could potentially face longer sentences according to reports. This represents a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse. Under the new rules, both spouses...more
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:50 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATDW-DATA-1
"RFA reported that divorce rates had increased on the back of Covid-19 when lockdown constraints put couples up against it financially. Rates of divorce are not said to have significantly dropped even though citizens are now threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers' Party" (par. 18-19).
Variables: ATDW-DATA-1
"RFA reported that divorce rates had increased on the back of Covid-19 when lockdown constraints put couples up against it financially. Rates of divorce are not said to have significantly dropped even though citizens are now threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers' Party" (par. 18-19).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1
"Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1
"Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GIC-LAW-3
“According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Variables: GIC-LAW-3
“According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
“North Korea implemented birth control programs in the 1970-80s to slow a postwar population growth. The country’s fertility rate recorded a major decline following a famine in the mid-1990s that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said in a report in August” (para 10). “According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
“North Korea implemented birth control programs in the 1970-80s to slow a postwar population growth. The country’s fertility rate recorded a major decline following a famine in the mid-1990s that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said in a report in August” (para 10). “According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
“Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4). “While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
“Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4). “While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: BR-DATA-1
“While getting a detailed read on North Korea’s population trends is extremely difficult because of the limited statistics it discloses, South Korea’s government assesses that the North’s fertility rate has declined steadily for the past 10 years. That is a concerning development for a country that depends on mobilized labor to help keep its broken, heavily sanctioned economy afloat” (para 2). “According to South Korea’s government statistics agency, North Korea’s total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was at 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. The decline is still slower than its wealthier rival South Korea”...more
Variables: BR-DATA-1
“While getting a detailed read on North Korea’s population trends is extremely difficult because of the limited statistics it discloses, South Korea’s government assesses that the North’s fertility rate has declined steadily for the past 10 years. That is a concerning development for a country that depends on mobilized labor to help keep its broken, heavily sanctioned economy afloat” (para 2). “According to South Korea’s government statistics agency, North Korea’s total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was at 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. The decline is still slower than its wealthier rival South Korea”...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:14 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
“While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. ‘Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of money to raise their kids, send them to school and help them get jobs,’ said Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North...more
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
“While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. ‘Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of money to raise their kids, send them to school and help them get jobs,’ said Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North...more
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, China, Guinea-Bissau, North Korea, Serbia, Somalia, South Africa, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Variables: IRP-SCALE-1
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Dec. 13, 2024, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling in over the past 20 years of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and films showing an elevated social status for women is also likely to have influenced women in North Korea not to have many children" (para 34).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1
"Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling in over the past 20 years of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and films showing an elevated social status for women is also likely to have influenced women in North Korea not to have many children" (para 34).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Meanwhile, the state is understood to provide nurseries to ease the burden of raising children, and offers 77 days of paid leave after childbirth" (para 31). "According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children" (para 38).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
"Meanwhile, the state is understood to provide nurseries to ease the burden of raising children, and offers 77 days of paid leave after childbirth" (para 31). "According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children" (para 38).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"In the 1980s, one Korean American scholar who visited the country reported an absence of birth control policies, and said North Korean women were being encouraged to have as many as six children" (para 30).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2
"In the 1980s, one Korean American scholar who visited the country reported an absence of birth control policies, and said North Korean women were being encouraged to have as many as six children" (para 30).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:16 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"According to South Korea's government statistics agency, North Korea's total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014" (para 23). "However, the earlier figure does not paint the full picture, with the average number of children born to women in North Korea decreasing from 6.5 in 1966 to 2.5 in 1988" (para 26).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"According to South Korea's government statistics agency, North Korea's total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014" (para 23). "However, the earlier figure does not paint the full picture, with the average number of children born to women in North Korea decreasing from 6.5 in 1966 to 2.5 in 1988" (para 26).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1
"Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9).
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1
"Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GIC-LAW-3
“According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Variables: GIC-LAW-3
“According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
“North Korea implemented birth control programs in the 1970-80s to slow a postwar population growth. The country’s fertility rate recorded a major decline following a famine in the mid-1990s that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said in a report in August” (para 10). “According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1
“North Korea implemented birth control programs in the 1970-80s to slow a postwar population growth. The country’s fertility rate recorded a major decline following a famine in the mid-1990s that was estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute said in a report in August” (para 10). “According to North Korean state media reports this year, the country has introduced a set of benefits for families with three or more children, including preferential free housing arrangements, state subsidies, free food, medicine and household goods and educational perks for children” (para 12).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, BR-PRACTICE-2
“North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children” (para 1). “Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4).more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
“Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4). “While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of...more
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1
“Kim's latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. ‘Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,’ Kim said in his opening speech” (para 3-4). “While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: BR-DATA-1
“While getting a detailed read on North Korea’s population trends is extremely difficult because of the limited statistics it discloses, South Korea’s government assesses that the North’s fertility rate has declined steadily for the past 10 years. That is a concerning development for a country that depends on mobilized labor to help keep its broken, heavily sanctioned economy afloat” (para 2). “According to South Korea’s government statistics agency, North Korea’s total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was at 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. The decline is still slower than its wealthier rival South Korea”...more
Variables: BR-DATA-1
“While getting a detailed read on North Korea’s population trends is extremely difficult because of the limited statistics it discloses, South Korea’s government assesses that the North’s fertility rate has declined steadily for the past 10 years. That is a concerning development for a country that depends on mobilized labor to help keep its broken, heavily sanctioned economy afloat” (para 2). “According to South Korea’s government statistics agency, North Korea’s total fertility rate, or the average number of babies expected to be born to a woman over her lifetime, was at 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. The decline is still slower than its wealthier rival South Korea”...more
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:10 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
“While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. ‘Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of money to raise their kids, send them to school and help them get jobs,’ said Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North...more
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-1
“While North Korea is one of the poorest nations in the world, the change in its demographic structure is similar to that of rich countries, some observers say. ‘Many families in North Korea also don't intend to have more than one child these days as they know they need lots of money to raise their kids, send them to school and help them get jobs,’ said Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-2
"She [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said that the COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. 'Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures,' she said.With no alternative source of income, they are still required to feed their family, look after sick family members, while also providing contributions to the state' (para 13-15).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-1, TRAFF-PRACTICE-2, MARR-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"When women and girls want to leave North Korea, the violence they face ranges from forced marriage to forced prostitution, she [Elizabeth Salmon, United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in North Korea] said" (para 5).
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:27 a.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures'" (para 13-14). This implies women are primarily only able to attain employment through market activities (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"COVID-19 measures were feared to have 'a disproportionate impact on women and girls” there. Women must also be under further pressures during the pandemic as market activities, which the women relied on for their living, were greatly reduced due to border closures'" (para 13-14). This implies women are primarily only able to attain employment through market activities (CEC - CODER COMMENT).