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Nov. 16, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-LAW-1

"A bill to prevent marriages in West Virginia under the age of 18 had died in a House committee, but then was resurrected and passed, but with a major change" (para 1). "But as time was running out last week before the end of session Saturday, an amendment was added to allow marriages at 16 and 17 with parental consent, but no marriages under 16 for any reason. Besides that, anyone wanting to marry someone who is 16 or 17 must be no more than four years older than the person they wish to marry" (para 3-4). "Anyone who wants to marry and is at least 16 years of age...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-PRACTICE-1

"Some of the bill's opponents have argued that teenage marriages are a part of life in West Virginia" (para 7).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-LAW-1

"A bill that would have prohibited minors from getting married in West Virginia was defeated Wednesday night in a legislative committee" (para 1). "Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Viginia with parental consent. Anyone younger than that also must get a judge's waiver" (para 4). "According to the nonprofit group Unchained At Last, which seeks to end forced and child marriage, seven states have set the minimum age for marriage at 18, all since 2018" (para 10).
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"She [State Delegate Kayla Young] said that since 2000 there have been more than 3,600 marriages in the state involving one or more children" (para 3). "Although recent figures are unavailable, according to the Pew Research Center, West Virginia had the highest rate of child marriages among the states in 2014, when the state's five-year average was 7.1 marriages for every 1,000 children ages 15 to 17" (para 11).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2

"Bigelsen said the would-be traffickers offer drugs, money, a place to stay, or even just the possibility of loving attention, to homeless youth. 'I had one young person tell me her pimp was the first person to ever give her a birthday cake,' Bigelsen said" (para 10). "Traffickers target young homeless people 'because they don’t have anyone looking out for them, and it’s also easier to control them' through threats of violence, or 'perceived love,' she said. They’re sold for sex through ads on the internet, at massage parlors, or on the street" (para 11). "Some victims are recruited online — like an alleged trafficker in Queens who met his...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5

"With little public attention, New York City has reversed how it polices prostitution, going from 20,000 annual arrests in 1985 to barely more than 100 this year. The plunge in arrests, gradual over the last decade, accelerated last year with decisions by borough district attorneys to stop prosecuting sex workers and dismiss thousands of open cases against those charged with selling sex" (para 1-2). "Statistics compiled by Gothamist show just how stark the shift has been. As of mid-December, 115 people had been arrested this year for prostitution-related offenses across the five boroughs, an NYPD spokesperson said. In 1985, a peak year for New York City’s vice crackdowns, cops made...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"'It's completely different,' said Becca Zipkin, a former prosecutor who is now the policy director at the sex-trafficking survivor group World Without Exploitation. 'The landscape in New York City is very different from what we see in other parts of America and even in upstate New York'" (para 5). World Without Exploitation is an NGO dedicated to helping end human trafficking, and that provides resources to people involved in prostitution who want to leave (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased. Supporters of those changes argued enforcement of prostitution laws had long disproportionately affected transgender people and people of color" (para 3). The changing of laws indicates changing public opinion about prostitution (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased" (para 3). "Prostitution remains illegal under state law. But like marijuana, it operates in New York City in a sort of legal netherworld — subject to arrest in certain circumstances, but not others" (para 6).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-DATA-3

"'Trafficking' might be perceived as involving the crossing of state or national borders, but most people trafficked in New York state were born and raised there, according to data cited by Nora Cronin, an adjunct professor at John Jay College" (para 23).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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May 10, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ATDW-PRACTICE-1

“Add this to the fact that women get primary custody of children in the vast majority of divorce cases, so women may feel they have less to lose when filing for divorce compared to men. And in some ways, they are right – evidence shows men’s wellbeing tends to drop much more dramatically immediately following a divorce. But in reality, this effect can be short-lived. ‘In the short-term after divorce, men’s overall wellbeing decreases more, and they report higher levels of loneliness,’ says Kar. ‘But over time that evens out, and women continue to suffer from more chronic, long-term effects including the loss of home ownership, reduced financial means, and...more
May 10, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

“Men and women are about equally likely to say they usually pay bills and track household spending (52 percent vs. 54 percent), and in most households, both men (68 percent) and women (63 percent) say that their spouse or partner puts in equal effort in solving relationship problems, rather than leaving it primarily to one person” (para 31).
April 30, 2024, 6:23 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"The property of a decedent not disposed of by will shall be distributed as provided in this section. In computing said distribution, debts, administration expenses and reasonable funeral expenses shall be deducted but all estate taxes shall be disregarded, except that nothing contained herein relieves a distributee from contributing to all such taxes the amounts apportioned against him or her under 2-1.8. Distribution shall then be as follows: (a) If a decedent is survived by: (1) A spouse and issue, fifty thousand dollars and one-half of the residue to the spouse, and the balance thereof to the issue by representation. (2) A spouse and no issue, the whole to the...more
April 30, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Inheritance refers to property acquired through the laws of descent and distribution. Though sometimes used in reference to property acquired through a will, the legal meaning of inheritance includes only property that descends to an heir through intestacy, when a person has died intestate. Any part of a person’s estate not disposed of by a valid will or trust is overseen by a probate court following each state’s laws of intestate succession. Generally, only a decedent’s spouse and relatives are entitled to an inheritance. A living spouse is usually entitled to the largest share of the estate, or the entirety if a decedent had no children. In the event a...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

"Countries including Australia, Canada, and the United States committed to survivor engagement through their national action plans" (17). "The use of children in commercial sex is prohibited by law in the United States and most countries around the world" (42). "An American family adopted Abbey from the People’s Republic of China when she was 14 months old. The family beat and starved her from the age of 3 and exploited her in domestic servitude. The family kept Abbey confined in a room in their basement without a proper restroom for nearly 14 years. While the family’s three biological children attended school, Abbey was denied an education. Abbey repeatedly attempted to...more
March 16, 2024, 11:58 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? No" (para 4).
March 16, 2024, 11:58 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5). "Is sex work recognised as work? No" (para 8). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 9).
March 16, 2024, 11:58 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal in most US states" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? Buying sex is also criminalised in many US states" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Organising is criminalised in most US states. The Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA) and the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) are federal laws in the USA that mean online advertising platforms are liable under both criminal and civil law if their platforms are used to facilitate sex trafficking. Given the wide definitions of sex trafficking in US law this includes those involved in consensual sex work. This legislation has forced advertising...more
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: United States
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 the US who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 26 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 29, 2024, 8:41 p.m.
Countries: Thailand, United States
Variables: IRP-DATA-2

"The ruling Socialist Party says the law, in line with what is termed the 'Nordic model' criminalising pimps and punters while treating prostitutes as victims rather than criminals, is intended to 'eradicate' prostitution in Spain, which is deemed by the UN to be the third biggest centre for prostitution on Earth after Thailand and Puerto Rico" (para 3).
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: Lebanon, Malaysia, United States
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: 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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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 22, 2024, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"'I was sentenced and put in prison for choices I made — I was not sent to prison to be raped and abused,' said Briane Moore, who was repeatedly assaulted by an official at a women’s prison in West Virginia who threatened to block a transfer to a facility closer to her family if she resisted (para 5). "A committee analysis of court filings and prison records over the past decade found that male and female inmates had made 5,415 allegations of sexual abuse against prison employees, of which 586 were later substantiated by investigators" (para 8). "'Our findings are deeply disturbing and demonstrate, in my view, that the B.O.P....more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"In 2019, Ms. Reynolds took the lonely, terrifying risk of identifying the officer who pressured her for sex — and quickly discovered she was one of at least 10 women who had been abused by officers and workers at the facility" (para 12).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:54 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRW-LAW-1

"Under federal law, any sexual contact between a prison employee and a prisoner is illegal, even if it would be considered consensual outside the system. Guards at Coleman, when confronted with evidence that they had sex with female inmates, admitted that they were worried about being charged with a crime in affidavits made public by the subcommittee on Tuesday" (para 18).