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Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1

"The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called 'an important step towards restoring justice'. Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 1-2). "According to the Global Survivors Fund, which is administering the project with Ukraine using funds from donor governments, it will be the first time survivors have been awarded reparations during an active conflict" (para 5).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-LAW-1

"If passed, the laws will define conflict-related sexual violence as a distinct crime and set up a national registry to record cases" (para 23).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Up to 500 Ukrainian survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are being identified and awarded with interim reparations this year, including financial, medical and psychological support" (para 2). "The total number of Ukrainians who have suffered sexual violence inflicted by Russian forces is unknown, as most survivors do not report the crimes. The Global Survivors Fund estimates it to be in the thousands" (para 8). "Pramila Patten, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict, has accused Russia of using rape as a 'military strategy', citing cases of soldiers 'equipped with Viagra'. Lyudmila Huseynova was one of eight Ukrainian civilians released as part of the first all-female prisoner exchange with...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

"Huseynova said she remains in contact with other Donetsk women who had been detained for years. 'I try my best to send them some kind of parcels. No humanitarian mission is working there. No humanitarian aid is sent there. When they’re on their periods these women use stuffing from the old bed mattress'" (para 22).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Argentina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Greece, Romania, Ukraine
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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July 13, 2024, 11:39 a.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, IRP-LAW-6

"In Latvia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine sex workers reported being tested for HIV or STIs against their will after being picked up by the police. They felt that the threat of such testing was an additional tool that was sometimes used by police officers to claim extortion money."
May 9, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

" 'Women’s leadership and their role in decision-making has increased at the family level and partially at the community level, with women reporting that they participate on equal terms in family decisions in response to the crisis,' the [U.N.] report said" (7).
April 18, 2024, 5:54 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Article 1261. First Priority Legal Heirs 1. The first priority legal heirs shall be the testator's children, including those conceived in the lifetime and born after death of the testator, the survivor spouse, and the parents" (10). 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 database for 2022 (AMC - CODER COMMENT).
April 18, 2024, 5:44 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LO-LAW-1, ATDW-LAW-1

"Article 63. Exercising the Right to Joint Matrimonial Property by Spouses 1. The wife and the husband have equal rights to possess, dispose of, and administer the property that they possess as joint matrimonial property unless an agreement between them provides otherwise. Article 64. Spouses’ Right to Conclude Agreement s between Them 1. The wife and the husband have the right to conclude any lawful agreement between them in respect of both property that is their personal private property and property that constitutes the object of spouses’ right to joint matrimonial property. 2. A agreement of alienation, by one of spouses in favor of the other, of his/her share in...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
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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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Ukraine ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 4).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 6). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 7).
March 16, 2024, 5:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal and is an administrative offence" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Brothel-keeping, pimping and pandering criminalised" (para 3).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3

"Tetyana said some men refuse to pay full price. 'Sometimes a man promises $12, I do my job, but he pays me only $7,' she said. 'He says, ‘Hey, I earn less now,’ and I say, ‘So do not come to me''" (para 13).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"But several sex workers, interviewed on condition of using their first name out of concern for their families and fear of the police, said they needed the work to survive" (para 8).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Prostitution is illegal but widely tolerated in Ukraine, one of Europe’s most popular destinations for sex tourism before the war" (para 5).
March 16, 2024, 5:03 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-DATA-2

"The industry was extensive, with an estimated 53,000 sex workers, according to the government-run Ukraine Public Health Center" (para 5).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
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 Ukraine who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 18 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Egypt, Oman, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
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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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belarus, El Salvador, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
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 Ukraine was 17 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:46 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"[U]N special envoy on sexual violence, said she has verified more than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher" (para. 2). Even though it is not textually said we can infer that there's an existing taboo against reporting sexual assault as they are almost certain that the figure is higher than the reported one. (MD - CODER COMMENT)"It's very difficult to have reliable statistics during an active conflict, and the numbers will never reflect reality, because sexual violence is a silent crime' that is largely underreported, she said" (para 10). Even though it is not textually...more
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:46 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1

"Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN...More than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war - but the true figure is almost certain to be higher" (para 1).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
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 Ukraine is 47.8% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Ukraine is 74 years for women and 65 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Ukraine is 68.0 years for men and 77.8 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).