Countries: Zambia
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Recognized under customary law. In some tribes, before marrying first wife, husband must get her permission to marry more wives in the future" (para 18).

Countries: Zambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1, POLY-LAW-1

"5. (1) Subject to sections eight, nine, ten and eleven the estate of an intestate shall be distributed as follows: Distribution of estate (a) twenty per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the surviving spouse; except that where more than one widow survives the intestate, twenty per cent of the estate shall be distributed among them proportional to the duration of their respective marriages to the deceased, and other factors such as the widow's contribution to the deceased's property may be taken into account when justice so requires; (b) fifty per cent of the estate shall devolve upon the children in such proportions as are commensurate with a child's...more

Countries: Zambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1

"5. Subject to the provisions of this Part, and subject, as respects actions in tort between husband and wife, to the provisions of section 12 of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, of the United Kingdom, a married woman shall- (a) be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing of, any property; and (b) be capable of rendering herself, and being rendered, liable in respect of any tort, contract, debt, or obligation; and (c) be capable of suing and being sued, either in tort or in contract or otherwise; and (d) be subject to the law relating to bankruptcy and to the enforcement of judgments and orders; in all respects as...more

Countries: Zambia
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

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

Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4

"Lack of access to legal services and redress due to bias by the judiciary system and acknowledgement that sex workers have human rights that needs to be respected. Many state entities are silent to many cases of human rights violations faced by sex workers in Zambia" (para 12).

Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1

"Sex workers face many challenges in Zambia because of the perceptions and myths surrounding the existence of the profession and choice of work" (para 8). "All sex workers experience stigma and discrimination, though this manifests differently for the different ‘sub groups’ of sex workers from the communities where they live and places of work. Parallel programming that aims to ‘reform’ sex workers further stigmatises and makes sex workers more vulnerable to abuse, beatings and hate speech. This seems to be most hostile towards the street and bar-based sex workers. Families of sex workers are also highly discriminated by association and living with them" (para 9).

Countries: Zambia
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? No" (para 5).

Countries: Zambia
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 Zambia who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 41 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

135

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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Countries: Zambia
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 Zambia was 135 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Zambia
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Zambia is 64 years for women and 58 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Countries: Indonesia, Japan, Zambia
Variables: DACH-LAW-1

"Spanish lawmakers adopted on Thursday a new bill creating a menstrual leave for women suffering from painful periods and strengthening access to abortion in public hospitals...When this bill is finally adopted, Spain will become the first country in Europe and one of the few in the world to integrate this measure into its legislation, following the example of Japan, Indonesia or Zambia" (para 1, 6)

Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad/Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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