Latest items for CWC-DATA-3
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The expansion of ISIS control and ensuing conflict resulted in the internal displacement of nearly 6 million people, with severe consequences for women and girls. There has been an increase in reports of incidences of sexual violence inside displacement camps. Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women. Many of those displaced were female heads of households who lost or...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The expansion of ISIS control and ensuing conflict resulted in the internal displacement of nearly 6 million people, with severe consequences for women and girls. There has been an increase in reports of incidences of sexual violence inside displacement camps. Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women. Many of those displaced were female heads of households who lost or...more
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee further notes with concern that school-related costs, including transportation, prevent many girls from attending school and the very low attendance rates among refugee girls" (10). "The Committee commends the State party for maintaining its long-standing open border and reception policy for Palestinian refugees and those from the Syrian Arab Republic, and for hosting more than 2 million refugees. The Committee remains concerned, however, that the 1962 law regulating the entry into, stay in and exit from Lebanon does not distinguish between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee further notes with concern that school-related costs, including transportation, prevent many girls from attending school and the very low attendance rates among refugee girls" (10). "The Committee commends the State party for maintaining its long-standing open border and reception policy for Palestinian refugees and those from the Syrian Arab Republic, and for hosting more than 2 million refugees. The Committee remains concerned, however, that the 1962 law regulating the entry into, stay in and exit from Lebanon does not distinguish between asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The Committee is also concerned about the high number of reported cases of child and/or forced marriage among Palestinian and Syrian refugee...more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In 2020, the Ombudsman’s Office added a Special Division with nation-wide competence for the protection of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in persons" (15).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In 2020, the Ombudsman’s Office added a Special Division with nation-wide competence for the protection of migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking in persons" (15).
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In view of the intense persecution faced by the HM supporters both from the judiciary and police forces that could amount to the qualification of crimes against humanity according to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention , many women of the HM do not have other choice than the one of forced exile. However, in view of the restriction to freedom of movement on HM supporters , women and families leave the country under illegal and very dangerous conditions: most of them arrive in Greece by crossing by boat the Evros River. They are then potentially subject to detention and violent push-backs. The German Bild daily reported in February 2018...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In view of the intense persecution faced by the HM supporters both from the judiciary and police forces that could amount to the qualification of crimes against humanity according to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention , many women of the HM do not have other choice than the one of forced exile. However, in view of the restriction to freedom of movement on HM supporters , women and families leave the country under illegal and very dangerous conditions: most of them arrive in Greece by crossing by boat the Evros River. They are then potentially subject to detention and violent push-backs. The German Bild daily reported in February 2018...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3, CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It further notes with concern that children born in the State party to women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are deprived of their rights to birth registration, nationality, education and health care because their birth cannot be registered without exposing the mother to the...more
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-3, CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee notes with concern that the State party is a country of destination for trafficking in women and girls from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, forced marriage or concubinage. It also notes with concern that women and girl defectors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are categorically classified as 'illegal migrants', and some are forcibly returned. It further notes with concern that children born in the State party to women from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are deprived of their rights to birth registration, nationality, education and health care because their birth cannot be registered without exposing the mother to the...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since 2015, Niger, has been facing a somewhat unstable security situation in some of its regions due to its shared borders with countries in conflict such as Mali, Libya and Nigeria. These conflicts force the population of other countries as well as the Nigerien population to migrate to refugee camps in the regions of Tillabéry and Diffa. During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves. In July 2019, 33 women and 6 children were abducted in Ngalewa in the Diffa region and these people...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since 2015, Niger, has been facing a somewhat unstable security situation in some of its regions due to its shared borders with countries in conflict such as Mali, Libya and Nigeria. These conflicts force the population of other countries as well as the Nigerien population to migrate to refugee camps in the regions of Tillabéry and Diffa. During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves. In July 2019, 33 women and 6 children were abducted in Ngalewa in the Diffa region and these people...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification, 81 percent of North Korean escapees in 2019 were female, prior to the Covid-19 related border closure. This can partly be explained by the decreased scrutiny women face compared to men in North Korea, as men are required to go to state-run workplaces while many married women stay at home to care for the family" (par. 8).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification, 81 percent of North Korean escapees in 2019 were female, prior to the Covid-19 related border closure. This can partly be explained by the decreased scrutiny women face compared to men in North Korea, as men are required to go to state-run workplaces while many married women stay at home to care for the family" (par. 8).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The process of applying for refugee status in the Dominican Republic, in particular the interview process conducted by the National Office for Refugees under the responsibility of the Directorate General for Migration, is carried out rigorously, efficiently and fairly, as provided for in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and incorporates a gender perspective, in accordance with relevant international standards. Women can therefore apply as principal applicants for recognition as refugees. Female applicants are interviewed separately, individually and confidentially. They are also informed in their own right about the possibility of being assisted by an interviewer and an interpreter who is a woman, and their refugee status extends...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The process of applying for refugee status in the Dominican Republic, in particular the interview process conducted by the National Office for Refugees under the responsibility of the Directorate General for Migration, is carried out rigorously, efficiently and fairly, as provided for in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and incorporates a gender perspective, in accordance with relevant international standards. Women can therefore apply as principal applicants for recognition as refugees. Female applicants are interviewed separately, individually and confidentially. They are also informed in their own right about the possibility of being assisted by an interviewer and an interpreter who is a woman, and their refugee status extends...more
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:58 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Over the past century, Sweden has been Europe's number one sanctuary for 'war weary' or persecuted people – Claudia herself came here, like others, to escape the fascist regime of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet four decades ago. In 2015, as huge numbers of migrants headed to Europe during the Syrian civil war, Sweden welcomed 163,000 asylum seekers from the Middle East, a gesture that many today believe has provoked a national crisis" (para 12-13). "Between 2002 and 2023, the share of the Swedish population who are either foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent increased from 21 per cent to 35 per cent, according to a report by...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Over the past century, Sweden has been Europe's number one sanctuary for 'war weary' or persecuted people – Claudia herself came here, like others, to escape the fascist regime of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet four decades ago. In 2015, as huge numbers of migrants headed to Europe during the Syrian civil war, Sweden welcomed 163,000 asylum seekers from the Middle East, a gesture that many today believe has provoked a national crisis" (para 12-13). "Between 2002 and 2023, the share of the Swedish population who are either foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent increased from 21 per cent to 35 per cent, according to a report by...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Libya
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Material and technical support from Italy has enabled the Libyan Coast Guard, under the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), to intercept thousands of people at sea and return them to Libya where they face arbitrary, indefinite detention and a high risk of exploitation and violence, including rape. Despite clear and abundant evidence of widespread human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants in Libya, the Memorandum of Understanding that provides the framework for Italy-Libya migration cooperation automatically renewed for another three years on February 2, 2020. To date, the GNA has not accepted cosmetic changes to the MoU, which Italy proposed shortly after its renewal, to increase protection for...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"They arrive every few minutes, survivors of the unrelenting sexual violence that defines one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. And among the first to assess the exhausted women after they reach the squalid camps on the outskirts of Goma, regional capital of the war-ravaged east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Irengue Trezor.The 35-year-old works for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), overseeing the charity’s sexual violence clinics within the sprawling camps of grubby white tents that are home to 650,000 people who have fled the fighting" (Para 1, 2). Charities like MSF are reporting a growing number of refugees near the eastern city of Goma who are...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10). "The Committee takes note of the efforts put in place by the State...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"It is concerned that women, especially rural women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities are often not aware of their rights under the Convention and the remedies available to claim them" (para 3). "[M]igrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls are at a higher risk of becoming victims of trafficking for purposes of sexual or labour exploitation" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern shortcomings and delays in birth registrations and in the registration, issuance and renewal of identity cards for refugee women and girls in the State party" (10). "The Committee takes note of the efforts put in place by the State...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[T]he Committee notes with concern... (b) Barriers to access to justice faced by Indigenous women, women of African descent, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and women with disabilities, such as legal illiteracy and the lack of information on available remedies to complain about intersecting forms of discrimination" (3). "[I]t notes with concern... (b)The lack of measures to meet women’s and girls’ needs to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics and digital skills, including for rural, migrant, refugee and Afrodescendent girls and women and women and girls with disabilities" (8). "[T]he Committee notes with concern… (e) Reported workplace violence, harassment and hate speech against migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women" (8-9). "The...more
Jan. 27, 2025, 9 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Jan. 27, 2025, 8:38 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Variables: LDS-PRACTICE-2, CWC-DATA-3
"Over 70 per cent of defectors fleeing Kim Jong-un's regime are female, according to a 2023 article by the Korea Times. Some defectors are helped to escape by brokers, only to be sold as brides in China, where a gender imbalance has fuelled a black market trade. But the Chinese state classifies North Korean defectors as illegal economic migrants rather than refugees, and repatriates those it captures. Last year, up to 600 defectors were repatriated in October alone, according to the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), an NGO in South Korea" (Para 12-15).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Apg23 has been running the Escuelita project in the municipality of Peñalolén since 1995, and takes in about 50 children at social risk from 30 families in the area every day, carrying out educational and recreational activities and providing childcare while their parents work. There are currently 30 heads of household, 20 of whom are single mothers, who carry out the task of raising and providing for their families on their own. It should also be noted that 16 mothers of the total are migrants, who arrived with their children from Haiti, Venezuela and Peru" (2).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Apg23 has been running the Escuelita project in the municipality of Peñalolén since 1995, and takes in about 50 children at social risk from 30 families in the area every day, carrying out educational and recreational activities and providing childcare while their parents work. There are currently 30 heads of household, 20 of whom are single mothers, who carry out the task of raising and providing for their families on their own. It should also be noted that 16 mothers of the total are migrants, who arrived with their children from Haiti, Venezuela and Peru" (2).
Jan. 8, 2025, 9:59 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Sudanese refugees who wade across a stream to enter Chad mostly say they leave because of starvation at home. But in tearful whispers, they add that something else is also driving both the starvation and the exodus: mass rape" (para 1). "[M]ore than two million Sudanese have fled their country since it tumbled into civil war last year amid a new explosion of violence and accompanying famine" (para 6).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Sudanese refugees who wade across a stream to enter Chad mostly say they leave because of starvation at home. But in tearful whispers, they add that something else is also driving both the starvation and the exodus: mass rape" (para 1). "[M]ore than two million Sudanese have fled their country since it tumbled into civil war last year amid a new explosion of violence and accompanying famine" (para 6).
Jan. 4, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Germany
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Instead of acknowledging femicide as a massive problem for society as a whole, politicians from all sides tend to pay attention only when violence against women serves their political aims, namely: blaming foreigners, especially Muslims, for their supposedly misogynist worldviews. Cem Özdemir of the Greens, for instance, the minister of agriculture, wrote an opinion piece for the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently. Özdemir, himself a son of Turkish immigrants if it matters, talked about his 19-year-old daughter’s worries about not being able to point out the misogyny she experiences from refugees and Muslim immigrants because she doesn’t want to be racist" (par. 8-9).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3, CWC-DATA-4
"Instead of acknowledging femicide as a massive problem for society as a whole, politicians from all sides tend to pay attention only when violence against women serves their political aims, namely: blaming foreigners, especially Muslims, for their supposedly misogynist worldviews. Cem Özdemir of the Greens, for instance, the minister of agriculture, wrote an opinion piece for the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently. Özdemir, himself a son of Turkish immigrants if it matters, talked about his 19-year-old daughter’s worries about not being able to point out the misogyny she experiences from refugees and Muslim immigrants because she doesn’t want to be racist" (par. 8-9).
Dec. 13, 2024, 7:47 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In the 18 months since fighting began, the RSF and Sudanese army have fought bitter battles for power across the country, displacing around 14 million people according to the UN, while at least 19,000 people have been killed" (para 13).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"In the 18 months since fighting began, the RSF and Sudanese army have fought bitter battles for power across the country, displacing around 14 million people according to the UN, while at least 19,000 people have been killed" (para 13).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:39 p.m.
Countries: Malaysia
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13" (para 9). "Malaysia is not a signatory to the United Nations’ refugee convention, so the girls — who enter the country without permission — are less likely to report their assaults to authorities. Doing so could put them at risk of being thrown into one of Malaysia’s detention centers, which have long been plagued by reports of abuse" (para...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13" (para 9). "Malaysia is not a signatory to the United Nations’ refugee convention, so the girls — who enter the country without permission — are less likely to report their assaults to authorities. Doing so could put them at risk of being thrown into one of Malaysia’s detention centers, which have long been plagued by reports of abuse" (para...more
Dec. 7, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Dr Shaza and her family fled their home in Al Hilaliya in eastern Al Jazira and are now living in tents in an empty plot of land in Shendi, a safe city just 150km northeast of Sudan's besieged capital Khartoum" (par. 5).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Dr Shaza and her family fled their home in Al Hilaliya in eastern Al Jazira and are now living in tents in an empty plot of land in Shendi, a safe city just 150km northeast of Sudan's besieged capital Khartoum" (par. 5).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Around one-fifth of the 20,000 political prisoners in Myanmar are female, according to a local rights group, while United Nations data shows that females make up around half of the country's 3 million displaced" (par. 45). "The International Organization for Migration in Thailand said it had seen a steady increase in people crossing the border from Myanmar, including a nearly 30% increase between January and February. In response to emailed questions, Géraldine Ansart, chief of mission at the IOM in Thailand, said women are more likely than men to enter Thailand without official documentation, which leaves them open to labour exploitation" (par. 61-62).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Around one-fifth of the 20,000 political prisoners in Myanmar are female, according to a local rights group, while United Nations data shows that females make up around half of the country's 3 million displaced" (par. 45). "The International Organization for Migration in Thailand said it had seen a steady increase in people crossing the border from Myanmar, including a nearly 30% increase between January and February. In response to emailed questions, Géraldine Ansart, chief of mission at the IOM in Thailand, said women are more likely than men to enter Thailand without official documentation, which leaves them open to labour exploitation" (par. 61-62).
Dec. 3, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad...Chad has hosted refugees fleeing conflict in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan for decades, but the number of arrivals has increased dramatically since war broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a staff member of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said" (1, 6-7).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad...Chad has hosted refugees fleeing conflict in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan for decades, but the number of arrivals has increased dramatically since war broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a staff member of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said" (1, 6-7).
Dec. 3, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Chad
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad...Chad has hosted refugees fleeing conflict in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan for decades, but the number of arrivals has increased dramatically since war broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a staff member of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said" (1, 6-7).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad...Chad has hosted refugees fleeing conflict in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan for decades, but the number of arrivals has increased dramatically since war broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Before FGM was made illegal in Sudan in 2020, Sudanese refugees in Chad would return to their home country to cut their daughters then head back across the border to the camps, a staff member of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said" (1, 6-7).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved...in particular the adoption of the following…[a]mendments to the Law on Social Services and Social Assistance, providing for State-funded social rehabilitation services for adults and children, including refugees and 'persons of alternative status', having suffered violence, including domestic violence, as well as perpetrators of such violence, in 2015" (1-2). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party: continue its efforts to ensure effective access to justice, full inclusion and accessibility for disadvantaged or marginalized women, such as women belonging to ethnic minority groups, in particular Roma women, women who are non-citizens, refugee, asylum-seeking, migrant, rural and older women, women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women...more
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved...in particular the adoption of the following…[a]mendments to the Law on Social Services and Social Assistance, providing for State-funded social rehabilitation services for adults and children, including refugees and 'persons of alternative status', having suffered violence, including domestic violence, as well as perpetrators of such violence, in 2015" (1-2). "[T]he Committee recommends that the State party: continue its efforts to ensure effective access to justice, full inclusion and accessibility for disadvantaged or marginalized women, such as women belonging to ethnic minority groups, in particular Roma women, women who are non-citizens, refugee, asylum-seeking, migrant, rural and older women, women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women...more
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[E]lectronic birth registration [are not extended] to home births and to all parents, including [] internally displaced parents and those without an address or identity documents" (12). "[Refugee and internally displaced women] continue to experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination... [T]hose women continue to have limited access to health care, education, employment and social assistance and they lack protection from gender-based violence" (16).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[E]lectronic birth registration [are not extended] to home births and to all parents, including [] internally displaced parents and those without an address or identity documents" (12). "[Refugee and internally displaced women] continue to experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination... [T]hose women continue to have limited access to health care, education, employment and social assistance and they lack protection from gender-based violence" (16).
April 19, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[M]easures [are not being taken] to protect internally and externally displaced women and girls against forced displacement and violence" (11). This indicates that displaced women and girls experience forced displacement and violence (MV-coder comment). "Some 2,200 persons remain at risk of statelessness, in particular Roma who are internally displaced, registered in Kosovo and residing in Serbia, with approximately 300 to 400 persons lacking birth registration… Child and forced marriages among Roma contribute to statelessness" (11).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[M]easures [are not being taken] to protect internally and externally displaced women and girls against forced displacement and violence" (11). This indicates that displaced women and girls experience forced displacement and violence (MV-coder comment). "Some 2,200 persons remain at risk of statelessness, in particular Roma who are internally displaced, registered in Kosovo and residing in Serbia, with approximately 300 to 400 persons lacking birth registration… Child and forced marriages among Roma contribute to statelessness" (11).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[There has been a] steady decrease in the number of stateless persons, including stateless women, in the State party since 2012" (10).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"[There has been a] steady decrease in the number of stateless persons, including stateless women, in the State party since 2012" (10).
March 15, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Gabon
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Act No. 5/98 of 05 March 1998 confers on refugees in Gabon the same rights as nationals. There is no discrimination against them. Refugees in Gabon are not housed in camps. They are settled in the main cities, live in harmony with the local population and go freely about their business... [Refugees] enjoy the same benefits as expatriates and may obtain a permit from the Ministry of Labour to work in the civil service... [R]efugee children enjoy the same rights as Gabonese (school is compulsory for children aged from 3 to 16 years)" (24). "Registration [for health insurance] is also available for refugees" (29).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Act No. 5/98 of 05 March 1998 confers on refugees in Gabon the same rights as nationals. There is no discrimination against them. Refugees in Gabon are not housed in camps. They are settled in the main cities, live in harmony with the local population and go freely about their business... [Refugees] enjoy the same benefits as expatriates and may obtain a permit from the Ministry of Labour to work in the civil service... [R]efugee children enjoy the same rights as Gabonese (school is compulsory for children aged from 3 to 16 years)" (24). "Registration [for health insurance] is also available for refugees" (29).