Countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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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: Qatar
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2023 data from the OECD, the percentage of women in Qatar who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life is 24% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: IRP-DATA-3

"Research shows that most women and girls from Southeast Asia — from countries like China, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Cambodia — come to Doha, Qatar and get involved in acts of prostitution and adultery" (para 9).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"The U.S Department of State has categorized Qatar as a Tier-2 country for sex trafficking. It is a hot spot for drug and sex traffickers of Asia and Europe where younger age girls are trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Despite the strict regulations and laws, sex workers continue to work in Doha illegally with under the table deals (para 11). Women who are trafficked and forced to do sex work are likely given no rights vis a vis their Johns and Pimps (MCP - CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Yes, soliciting in a public place (Article 294) and performing sodomy or adultery as a profession or living (Article 298) are offences under the Penal Code" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? Yes, buyers could be criminalised under Article 296 of the Penal Code" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping is criminalised under Article 295 of the Penal Code and Article 296 contains offences that could be used to criminalise third parties" (para 3)

Countries: Qatar
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2

"Migrant women who worked in Qatar's hotels have said they felt unable to speak out about alleged harassment or abuse" (para 3). "As Hope* arrived to start her cleaning shift, her eyes anxiously scanned the room. If she spotted him, her heart sank. She might spend the next eight hours dodging his requests for a date, for a kiss, for more than that" (para 5). "Yet rights groups say the problems facing migrant women have not been explored or scrutinized in the same way and their voices have been largely absent from the debate on migrant workers’ rights in the lead up to the start of the tournament" (para 8)....more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: LRW-LAW-2, DSFMF-PRACTICE-3, DSFMF-LAW-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"The country’s penal code also criminalises sex outside marriage. Police often do not believe women who report sexual violence, says Rothna Begum, a senior women’s rights researcher at Human Rights Watch, instead siding with men who claim it was consensual, which can lead to the survivor facing charges" (para 25).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"As Hope* arrived to start her cleaning shift, her eyes anxiously scanned the room. If she spotted him, her heart sank. She might spend the next eight hours dodging his requests for a date, for a kiss, for more than that" (para 5). "'I was feeling low,' she says on the phone from her home in Kenya, where she returned at the start of this year after her contract in Qatar came to an end. 'Because when someone tells you such things, you ask yourself, why is he taking advantage of you?'" (para 6). "Women working in the global hospitality industry are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment and gender-based violence....more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"As Hope* arrived to start her cleaning shift, her eyes anxiously scanned the room. If she spotted him, her heart sank. She might spend the next eight hours dodging his requests for a date, for a kiss, for more than that" (para 5). "Women working in the global hospitality industry are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment and gender-based violence. A survey by the Unite union into gender-based violence in hospitality industries found that over half of respondents had directly experienced sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces" (para 9). "The Fuller Project and the Guardian spoke with five women, including Hope, employed at different hotels in Qatar between 2017 and...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: LDS-DATA-1

"Hundreds of thousands of women have traveled to Qatar for work, mostly from Asia and Africa" (para 2). "Although men dominate the country’s migrant workforce, government data shows nearly 300,000 migrant women worked in Qatar as of June this year" (para 14). "In 2020, female migrants made up just over a fifth of hotel workers, according to the most recent government statistics, although this is probably a significant undercount as the figures exclude subcontracted workers, say rights groups. To cope with the influx of 1.3 million football fans, an additional 108 hotels have been built ahead of the start of the tournament" (para 15).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

Migrant women who come to Qatar, mostly from Africa and Asia, are often the main breadwinner for their families. Many are reluctant to speak out because they fear losing those jobs, says Ann Abunda, founder of Sandigan, a Kuwait-based domestic worker organization. When she asked her network to inquire about issues of harassment in Qatar’s hotels, more than a dozen women replied, either directly via social media or through her contacts in Qatar (para 23). "Women told her there was no point in reporting harassment because employers would not act and were angered by the complaint. '[Women] just don’t want to talk [publicly] about that,' says Abunda. 'But they are...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"As the World Cup starts, campaigners are calling for urgent action to protect migrant women working in hotels" (para 1). "Yet rights groups say the problems facing migrant women have not been explored or scrutinized in the same way and their voices have been largely absent from the debate on migrant workers’ rights in the lead up to the start of the tournament" (para 8). "Women working in the global hospitality industry are particularly vulnerable to sexual harassment and gender-based violence. A survey by the Unite union into gender-based violence in hospitality industries found that over half of respondents had directly experienced sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces" (para...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: LDS-LAW-1

"In an attempt to tackle violations, Qatar’s supreme committee has been auditing hotel working conditions and an online platform for worker complaints was launched last year" (para 33). "In response to the claims, Fifa said it was steadfast in its commitment to ensuring respect for internationally recognised human rights, takes allegations of misconduct seriously, and has a number of reporting mechanisms in place for anyone wishing to make a complaint, including a workers’ welfare hotline. It added that it was implementing an 'unprecedented due diligence process in relation to the protection of workers involved in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, in line with FIFA’s responsibility under the UN Guiding...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"Whilst women hotel workers across the world face a disproportionate risk of gender-based violence compared to other industries, rights groups say that those working in Qatar could find it particularly difficult to report the abuse they may face. A report published this year by Equidem, a labor rights organization, said gender-based violence and harassment are 'a fact of life for women' at some Fifa World Cup hotel partners. Equidem’s researchers contacted more than 800 migrant workers across the region, male and female, but only 10% agreed to have their experiences recorded" (para 20). "The country’s penal code also criminalises sex outside marriage. Police often do not believe women who report...more