Countries: Qatar
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1

"The State party had increased penalties for trafficking in persons when the victim was under 18 and reduced sentences for cases where perpetrators of crimes were children" (para 46). "Qatar had criminalised all forms of trafficking of persons, including labour exploitation. Penalties for trafficking were increased when the victim was a child. There was a committee within the Ministry of Labour that was responsible for combatting trafficking in persons. Qatari law was in line with the Optional Protocol [of the Convention on the Rights on the Child] on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography" (para 89).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: SAB-PRACTICE-1

"The State party encouraged exclusive breastfeeding up to six months; there had been a sharp increase in breastfeeding rates over the past decade" (para 61).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"The Ministry had launched awareness raising campaigns on human rights and non-discrimination. Guidance was provided to teachers on preventing discrimination against children" (para 42). "[In reference to domestic violence]In 2024, the State party organised workshops training for around 5,000 people on issues such as protecting children from violence and intimidation" (para 59). "[There is State sponsored] teaching on the protection of children from neglect, and online and sexual exploitation" (para 62).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2

"A court had been set up that specialised in domestic violence and temporary shelters, mandated to protect women and children who were victims of domestic violence. In 2024, the State party organised workshops training for around 5,000 people on issues such as protecting children from violence and intimidation" (para 59).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"There were around 40,000 confirmed cases of domestic violence between 2024 and 2025" (para 59).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

"Sexual and reproductive health education and education on drug addiction were provided in schools from primary level" (para 62). "Sexual education was provided by teachers and social workers, not police, in schools. A national workshop had been set up to develop sexual education; psychologists were involved in this process" (para 83).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1

"Rosaria Correa, Committee Expert and Country Taskforce Member, said that despite the recommendations of various human rights mechanisms, the new nationality law did not allow Qatari women married to foreign citizens to pass on their nationality to their children" (para 4). "Children of non-Qatari fathers were given the nationality of their father, but such children also had the ability to access Qatari nationality if they had permanent residence" (para 8).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"It was very rare for families to allow their children to marry before the age of 18" (para 40).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: AFE-DATA-1

"Enrolment rates for boys and girls were equal at primary and secondary schools" (para 42).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

"Human Rights Watch, in a report released in March 2021, documented extensive restrictions on women’s abilities to make key decisions about their lives, including with regards to their ability to independently access sexual and reproductive health care, due to Qatar’s discriminatory male guardianship system" (para 2). "Women also require the permission of a male guardian for some decisions related to fertility, such as if they are seeking sterilization, but the legal basis for this requirement remains unclear" (para 4). "Unmarried women reported that they cannot get sexual health checks and sometimes had to show they had been married for three years, particularly at state facilities, to access screening tests (pap...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: IIP-LAW-1

"Qatar’s Scholarships Law requires students to have their guardian or sponsor act as a guarantor to obtain a government scholarship to study abroad or in Qatar.This impacts children under 18 and women, as in practice guardianship does not end for them at 18... Under the Scholarships Law, government employees who are married women also cannot obtain a government post-graduate scholarship to study abroad unless their husbands are also required to be to 'be abroad on study leave, a training course, an official mission, a secondment or a job,' and that the duration of the husband’s mission must be not less than three years. Such a requirement is not imposed on...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: ERBG-LAW-2

"[The law] also does not prohibit discrimination against women in the recruitment process" (para 36).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: CUST-LAW-1

"Human Rights Watch also documented how Qatari women’s inability to act as a child’s guardian, regardless of whether they are married to their child’s father, divorced, or widowed, harmed or increased the risk of harm to the child" (para 29).

Countries: Qatar
Variables: CLCC-LAW-1

"In 2018, Qatar passed a permanent residency law that permits children of Qatari women married to non-Qatari men, among others, to apply for permanent residency, allowing them to receive government health and educational services, invest in the economy, and own real estate. However, the law limits the number of permanent residencies provided to 100 people per year, and some people have complained that they have not received a response to their application, some for several years" (para 28). "The father, or closest paternal male guardian, is responsible for obtaining and renewing their children’s Qatari Identity Document (QID) cards, which can impact children’s ability to access services including schooling, libraries, or...more

Countries: Qatar
Variables: ASR-LAW-1

"[In Qatar University] while, most degrees are available to women, not all degrees or all courses within degrees are available to both genders" (para 23).