Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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Countries: Togo
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Togo ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Togo
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Yes - penal code says 'People who have engaged in prostitution may be submitted to health examinations and treatment measures if they are infected with venereal disease.' Goes on to say that 'the examination and treatment costs will be borne by pimps who exploited the activity of these people'" (para 4).

Countries: Togo
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is not criminalised but soliciting in public is illegal" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - 'pimping' using promises, threats, gifts, fraud or violence is illegal; habitually living with sex worker/living on earnings criminalised. Owning/running a 'prostitution' business, providing premises to sex workers or tolerating sex workers on premises illegal" (para 3).

Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Countries: Togo
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Togo is 56.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Togo
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Togo is 61.5 years for men and 67.2 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Togo
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"31.1 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, Vietnam
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Togo
Variables: IAD-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Code des personnes et de la famille, Arts. 413, 414 et 426.

Countries: Togo
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

"In customary law, the dissolution of customary marriages is rare; however, if taken to the authority of the traditional chief, cultural practice tends to take precedence over formal laws (OFPRA, 2016). Conciliation usually is the first course of action, and if unsuccessful, then repudiation may be pursued where in most cases the woman is denied custody of her children and maintenance, stripped of her possessions, and has to return to her family of origin destitute and marginalized" (3).

Countries: Togo
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"The amended Personal and Family Code further indicates that each spouse is jointly responsible for the family, the rights of each spouse are promoted and protected, and each spouse should contribute to the household and family in proportion to their respective abilities (Art. 100)" (3). "While statutory law provides both women and men equal rights to inheritance (Personal and Family Code), it also stipulates that these rights may be waived if the spouses opt for customary rules in matters of succession (Art. 404)" (3-4). "Under civil law, women and men are equal before the law and are afforded equal access and participation in all spheres of life, including economic life...more

Countries: Togo
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"There are no restrictions on women signing contracts, opening bank accounts, or owning property" (20).