Countries: Peru
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Article 818.- Equal inheritance rights of children. All children have equal inheritance rights with respect to their parents. This provision includes matrimonial children, extramarital children recognized voluntarily or declared by judgment, regarding the inheritance of the father or mother and their relatives, and adopted children...Article 825.- Exclusive succession of the spouse. If the deceased has not left descendants or ascendants with the right to inherit, the inheritance corresponds to the surviving spouse" (159-161). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database relating to women’s inheritance rights are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law...more

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: Peru
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 Peru who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 38 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Peru
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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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: Peru
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 Peru was 69 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Peru is 75 years for women and 70 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"n Peru, sex work is legal in brothels, but many sex operations exist outside the scope of the law" (para 3).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-DATA-2

"For instance, there are an estimated 66,300 people, mostly indigenous, who are enslaved in Peru. Many are trapped in sex slavery, largely because sex work is marginalized. In Peru, sex work is legal in brothels, but many sex operations exist outside the scope of the law" (para 3).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Selling sex is legal in Peru but only by following regulations - mandatory health checks and registration and working in a licensed brothel. Street walking is illegal. Most sex workers work illegally" (para 1). "Is there mandatory registration? Yes to work legally sex workers must register" (para 5).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"Prosecution has also proved difficult. Madre de Dios has had 22 convictions for human trafficking since 2017, mostly involving the sexual exploitation of children, according to Saavedra, who has about 100 trafficking cases pending" (para 36).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"'Women and girls are recruited with false promises of work and then forced to have sex with miners. The younger they are the better as they can charge more,' said Mercedes Arce, coordinator at the anti-trafficking group CHS Alternativo" (para 15). Women and girls who are trafficked and forced to become prostitutes likely have no bargaining power vis a vis her clients or pimps (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "The women and girls are also fined if they disobey rules that range from leaving the bar without permission to going to bed early and arguing with co-workers, said Luz Amelia Saavedra, who heads the human trafficking office of the local prosecutor"...more

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-DATA-3

"Many victims of sex trafficking come from indigenous farming communities hundreds of miles away in the Andean highlands" (para 16).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"In Peru prostitution is not illegal. However, authorities try to sweep it under the rug by making street life difficult for the sex workers" (para 7).

Countries: Peru
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"A wave of murders of trans women in Peru — six since the beginning of the year, after eight all of last year — has exposed a country unable or unwilling to protect trans people. And it has triggered protests demanding urgent action against gender violence" (para 1). The six murders that are described here are six transgender women who were sex workers. Since trans women generally operate outside of the legal constraints of prostitution in Peru, they don't enjoy some of the protections of registered prostitutes and have largely less leverage vis a vis their male clients (MCP - CODER COMMENT). "Since the beginning of 2023, six trans women...more