Latest items for LRCM-DATA-2
March 20, 2025, 2:27 p.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"A Florida man, Christopher John Streeter, has been serving life in prison since 2021 after sending roughly $130,000 over a decade to people in the Philippines to direct the rape of children as young as 12. He paid a premium if the video depicted girls losing their virginity or suffering injuries because of the sexual violence. Court records show Mr. Streeter’s victims were particularly vulnerable 'due to poverty and illness.' As a result of that case, six abused girls were rescued by local authorities in conjunction with officers from Homeland Security Investigations" (para 28-30).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"A Florida man, Christopher John Streeter, has been serving life in prison since 2021 after sending roughly $130,000 over a decade to people in the Philippines to direct the rape of children as young as 12. He paid a premium if the video depicted girls losing their virginity or suffering injuries because of the sexual violence. Court records show Mr. Streeter’s victims were particularly vulnerable 'due to poverty and illness.' As a result of that case, six abused girls were rescued by local authorities in conjunction with officers from Homeland Security Investigations" (para 28-30).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Physical, sexual, and psychological violence is also committed by family members. Meanwhile, 14% [of women who use drugs] experienced sexual violence from their uncles, fathers, and cousins in the form of being touched, held, and forced to have sexual intercourse. Ironically, when they reported the violence they experienced to other family members, the report was often not believed and instead WUD [women who use drugs] are commonly cursed as a family disgrace. 'Touching my thighs and breasts while I was sleeping. Finally, one night I saw the perpetrator holding me. I was angry, I got angry but my family didn't believe it because they thought I was a (drug) addict,...more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Physical, sexual, and psychological violence is also committed by family members. Meanwhile, 14% [of women who use drugs] experienced sexual violence from their uncles, fathers, and cousins in the form of being touched, held, and forced to have sexual intercourse. Ironically, when they reported the violence they experienced to other family members, the report was often not believed and instead WUD [women who use drugs] are commonly cursed as a family disgrace. 'Touching my thighs and breasts while I was sleeping. Finally, one night I saw the perpetrator holding me. I was angry, I got angry but my family didn't believe it because they thought I was a (drug) addict,...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2, SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1
"In another case, a 16 year old girl committed suicide two years after she reported that her step-father had raped her. In her suicide note, she wrote 'nobody believes me'" (6).
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2, SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1
"In another case, a 16 year old girl committed suicide two years after she reported that her step-father had raped her. In her suicide note, she wrote 'nobody believes me'" (6).
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"The Directorate for Families, Children, Adolescents and Gender of the Judiciary conducted an analysis of court judgments related to rape and incest in the Dominican Republic. The findings included the following: (a) A total of 94 per cent of the victims were women, mostly girls, adolescents and young adults; some cases involved older persons (45 per cent of the victims were children, followed closely by adolescents, who accounted for 38 per cent)" (7).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"The Directorate for Families, Children, Adolescents and Gender of the Judiciary conducted an analysis of court judgments related to rape and incest in the Dominican Republic. The findings included the following: (a) A total of 94 per cent of the victims were women, mostly girls, adolescents and young adults; some cases involved older persons (45 per cent of the victims were children, followed closely by adolescents, who accounted for 38 per cent)" (7).
Feb. 26, 2025, 7:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"How many Americans have been affected by incestuous relationships is not entirely clear but a review of hundreds of studies by a sexual health company earlier this year estimated it to be 15 percent of US families. That figure that was totally out of sync with previous estimates that as few as as 2 percent of Americans had experienced sexual contact with a family member. The former study was not peer-reviewed, but Dr David Lawson, a psychologist based in Texas who specializes in sexual abuse, previously told DailyMail.com that whatever statistics exist on the subject are 'probably conservative' given that they're rarely reported" (para 22-24).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"How many Americans have been affected by incestuous relationships is not entirely clear but a review of hundreds of studies by a sexual health company earlier this year estimated it to be 15 percent of US families. That figure that was totally out of sync with previous estimates that as few as as 2 percent of Americans had experienced sexual contact with a family member. The former study was not peer-reviewed, but Dr David Lawson, a psychologist based in Texas who specializes in sexual abuse, previously told DailyMail.com that whatever statistics exist on the subject are 'probably conservative' given that they're rarely reported" (para 22-24).
Feb. 11, 2025, 10:40 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Scientists analysing the genes of 450,000 Brits believed 125 had parents who were either first- or second-degree relatives. This equated to a rate of one in 3,600. When extrapolated to the wider population, the 2019 study, published in the journal Nature Communications, was reported as meaning that 13,000 Brits were conceived through extreme inbreeding. First degree relations include those between parent and child, while second-degree includes more distant, but still genetic close relatives, such as half-siblings. The University of Queensland authors noted, given the nature of the subject and the limited variety of Brits included in the sample, true rates could be significantly higher or lower" (para 28-32).more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Scientists analysing the genes of 450,000 Brits believed 125 had parents who were either first- or second-degree relatives. This equated to a rate of one in 3,600. When extrapolated to the wider population, the 2019 study, published in the journal Nature Communications, was reported as meaning that 13,000 Brits were conceived through extreme inbreeding. First degree relations include those between parent and child, while second-degree includes more distant, but still genetic close relatives, such as half-siblings. The University of Queensland authors noted, given the nature of the subject and the limited variety of Brits included in the sample, true rates could be significantly higher or lower" (para 28-32).more
Feb. 4, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Testimony in the film includes a 15-year-old girl who was drugged and abused by her father, who crushed medication into the fruit yoghurt she would eat before bed. Analysis of her hair was able to show the drugging had continued for years" (para 22).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Testimony in the film includes a 15-year-old girl who was drugged and abused by her father, who crushed medication into the fruit yoghurt she would eat before bed. Analysis of her hair was able to show the drugging had continued for years" (para 22).
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"In May 2019, Human Rights Watch interviewed 'Rouhiya,' a young woman who was repeatedly sexually abused by her father and was pregnant in 2018 as a result of rape by him. The lack of shelters in Nouakchott and lack of government support left Rouhiya with no alternative to living in her abusive home, taking care of her newborn, with a father who continues to be physically violent" (2).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, DV-DATA-1
"In May 2019, Human Rights Watch interviewed 'Rouhiya,' a young woman who was repeatedly sexually abused by her father and was pregnant in 2018 as a result of rape by him. The lack of shelters in Nouakchott and lack of government support left Rouhiya with no alternative to living in her abusive home, taking care of her newborn, with a father who continues to be physically violent" (2).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"Every hour, the Public Ministry registers 3 complaints of rape. In the 2013-2018 period, a total of 124,370 complaints against sexual violence were registered in Peru. 83.4% of the victims were minors; 41.2% of the accused was an acquaintance and 38.2% a relative" (7).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"Every hour, the Public Ministry registers 3 complaints of rape. In the 2013-2018 period, a total of 124,370 complaints against sexual violence were registered in Peru. 83.4% of the victims were minors; 41.2% of the accused was an acquaintance and 38.2% a relative" (7).
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Peru violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father by denying her an abortion after she became pregnant, the UN has ruled" (para 1). "The Indigenous girl, from Apurímac, in the Peruvian highlands, had been sexually abused by her father since she was nine" (para 3).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Peru violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father by denying her an abortion after she became pregnant, the UN has ruled" (para 1). "The Indigenous girl, from Apurímac, in the Peruvian highlands, had been sexually abused by her father since she was nine" (para 3).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:31 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt. Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter’s virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive" (para 1-3).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MURDER-DATA-1
"A ‘celebrity’ Saudi preacher accused of raping, torturing and killing his five-year-old daughter has reportedly been released from custody after agreeing to pay ‘blood money’. Fayhan al-Ghamdi had been accused of killing his daughter Lama, who suffered multiple injuries including a crushed skull, broken back, broken ribs, a broken left arm and extensive bruising and burns. Social workers say she had also been repeatedly raped and burnt. Fayhan al-Ghamdi admitted using a cane and cables to inflict the injuries after doubting his five-year-old daughter’s virginity and taking her to a doctor, according to the campaign group Women to Drive" (para 1-3).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:09 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Problems with the existing law were highlighted by not guilty verdicts in four cases in 2019. In one of the trials, a father accused of raping his 19-year-old daughter was acquitted even though the court acknowledged that he had had sex with her against her will. The prosecution's case, that the man took advantage of the daughter's inability to resist the sexual attack, was rejected" (para 32). "A woman held a microphone and, through her scarf and mask, you could still see how emotional she was as she told the crowd how her father had sexually abused her as a teenager" (para 36).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Problems with the existing law were highlighted by not guilty verdicts in four cases in 2019. In one of the trials, a father accused of raping his 19-year-old daughter was acquitted even though the court acknowledged that he had had sex with her against her will. The prosecution's case, that the man took advantage of the daughter's inability to resist the sexual attack, was rejected" (para 32). "A woman held a microphone and, through her scarf and mask, you could still see how emotional she was as she told the crowd how her father had sexually abused her as a teenager" (para 36).
Oct. 15, 2024, 12:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings...Ms Ashton was hit with another surprise when her oldest son did an ancestry DNA test and matched with another donor sibling who was not on the Queensland clinic's list. Ms Ashton said the term 'accidental incest' - sexual activity or marriage between persons who are unaware of a family relationship - makes her 'sick to the pit of her stomach'. 'How many more kids aren't on our list?,' Ms Ashton said. 'I had blindly trusted that the clinic would have thought out these things and that...more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"A mum-of-five who used donor sperm to have her children is worried about 'accidental incest' after discovering her kids have at least 43 half-siblings...Ms Ashton was hit with another surprise when her oldest son did an ancestry DNA test and matched with another donor sibling who was not on the Queensland clinic's list. Ms Ashton said the term 'accidental incest' - sexual activity or marriage between persons who are unaware of a family relationship - makes her 'sick to the pit of her stomach'. 'How many more kids aren't on our list?,' Ms Ashton said. 'I had blindly trusted that the clinic would have thought out these things and that...more
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Rape in marriage did not begin to be criminalised in Australia until the mid-1970s and, as young feminists trying to make domestic violence a political issue, we did not initially include sexual abuse as part of our definition… [A] physical beating was all too often followed by a sexual attack" (para 44).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Rape in marriage did not begin to be criminalised in Australia until the mid-1970s and, as young feminists trying to make domestic violence a political issue, we did not initially include sexual abuse as part of our definition… [A] physical beating was all too often followed by a sexual attack" (para 44).
Feb. 19, 2023, 1:45 p.m.
Countries: Brazil, France, Netherlands, Spain
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“...have become a popular destinations for those who practice incest to move to” (under the heading Permissive Governments and Havens for Consensual Incest).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“...have become a popular destinations for those who practice incest to move to” (under the heading Permissive Governments and Havens for Consensual Incest).
Feb. 19, 2023, 1:40 p.m.
Countries: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“...consensual Incestuous Families have for long, favored these countries as places to meet up with others who practice the same” (under the heading: Permissive Governments and Havens for Consensual Incest).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“...consensual Incestuous Families have for long, favored these countries as places to meet up with others who practice the same” (under the heading: Permissive Governments and Havens for Consensual Incest).
June 29, 2022, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2
"One such woman, Imelda, was repeatedly raped from age 8 to 18 by her mother’s partner and became pregnant by him. In 2017 she unexpectedly gave birth to the baby in a latrine and then lost consciousness. The child survived, but Imelda was accused of attempted murder due to the circumstances of the birth. She was freed from prison in 2018 after a court determined that she had not tried to kill her baby" (para 17-18).
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2
"One such woman, Imelda, was repeatedly raped from age 8 to 18 by her mother’s partner and became pregnant by him. In 2017 she unexpectedly gave birth to the baby in a latrine and then lost consciousness. The child survived, but Imelda was accused of attempted murder due to the circumstances of the birth. She was freed from prison in 2018 after a court determined that she had not tried to kill her baby" (para 17-18).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"In 2018 the Crisis Centre in Tórshavn (Kvinnuhúsið) processed 580 requests for assistance, which is a slight decrease since 2012 (624); 12 women and 9 children stayed at the Crisis Centre for periods ranging from 1 day to more than 90 days. The reasons for referral included domestic violence, divorce, financial difficulties, incest and rape" (46).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"In 2018 the Crisis Centre in Tórshavn (Kvinnuhúsið) processed 580 requests for assistance, which is a slight decrease since 2012 (624); 12 women and 9 children stayed at the Crisis Centre for periods ranging from 1 day to more than 90 days. The reasons for referral included domestic violence, divorce, financial difficulties, incest and rape" (46).
March 4, 2022, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Fiji
Variables: LRCM-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"...Rape (including spousal rape), domestic abuse, incest, and sexual harassment were significant problems…" (15).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
"...Rape (including spousal rape), domestic abuse, incest, and sexual harassment were significant problems…" (15).
Jan. 7, 2022, 10:14 a.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Incest is not prevalent in Somalia. 'As elsewhere in the world, relationships between children and parents, between siblings (irrespective of whether they are half-siblings on the father’s or mother’s side),between a man and his aunt on the father’s side, and aunt on the mother’s side and brother’s daughter and sister’s daughter (niece) are considered incestuous. The same applies to relationships between a woman and her uncle on her father’s side or mother’s side or son-in-law on either side (nephew).' However, cousin marriages do take place at times" (1).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Incest is not prevalent in Somalia. 'As elsewhere in the world, relationships between children and parents, between siblings (irrespective of whether they are half-siblings on the father’s or mother’s side),between a man and his aunt on the father’s side, and aunt on the mother’s side and brother’s daughter and sister’s daughter (niece) are considered incestuous. The same applies to relationships between a woman and her uncle on her father’s side or mother’s side or son-in-law on either side (nephew).' However, cousin marriages do take place at times" (1).
Dec. 3, 2021, 9:11 a.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"According to UNICEF and NGOs working with children and women, child abuse, including incest, occurred but was rarely reported. The former regime made efforts to detain and prosecute some perpetrators of child abuse. Although the judicial system acted to remove children from abusive households, the press reported public facilities for such children were inadequate. According to NGOs, in many cases children were returned to their homes without proper reintegration measures or follow-up" (28).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"According to UNICEF and NGOs working with children and women, child abuse, including incest, occurred but was rarely reported. The former regime made efforts to detain and prosecute some perpetrators of child abuse. Although the judicial system acted to remove children from abusive households, the press reported public facilities for such children were inadequate. According to NGOs, in many cases children were returned to their homes without proper reintegration measures or follow-up" (28).
Sept. 17, 2021, 10:28 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"'Violence against women is part of everyday life here; it is normal, and no one is surprised when a new femicide comes to light,' said Quintela. 'Even as young girls, women are just objects that are sexually abused by their uncles, grandfathers or brothers. The result is thousands of teenage pregnancies every year'" (para 13).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"'Violence against women is part of everyday life here; it is normal, and no one is surprised when a new femicide comes to light,' said Quintela. 'Even as young girls, women are just objects that are sexually abused by their uncles, grandfathers or brothers. The result is thousands of teenage pregnancies every year'" (para 13).
Aug. 3, 2021, 2:44 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Matzneff had been hiding in plain sight. For decades he has proudly detailed in his published diaries and essays the underage girls and boys he was having sex with when they should have been doing double maths, and openly talked about his sexual predilections on television chat shows. And he didn’t come out of a vacuum. French literature features a sizable library of perversity – from the Marquis de Sade to André Gide, and Robert Desnos to Georges Bataille, not to mention Serge Gainsbourg’s hit Lemon Incest, recorded with his 12-year-old daughter Charlotte in 1984 – inscribed in which is the notion of the male artistic genius who, like the...more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Matzneff had been hiding in plain sight. For decades he has proudly detailed in his published diaries and essays the underage girls and boys he was having sex with when they should have been doing double maths, and openly talked about his sexual predilections on television chat shows. And he didn’t come out of a vacuum. French literature features a sizable library of perversity – from the Marquis de Sade to André Gide, and Robert Desnos to Georges Bataille, not to mention Serge Gainsbourg’s hit Lemon Incest, recorded with his 12-year-old daughter Charlotte in 1984 – inscribed in which is the notion of the male artistic genius who, like the...more
June 30, 2021, 4:16 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2
[T]the bar association and women's associations have been fighting long and hard against child marriage and child abuse. Despite their efforts, however, sexual abuse of underage girls, incest and forced marriages with minors, including taking young girls as second and third wives, remain common in the region" (para 5).
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2
[T]the bar association and women's associations have been fighting long and hard against child marriage and child abuse. Despite their efforts, however, sexual abuse of underage girls, incest and forced marriages with minors, including taking young girls as second and third wives, remain common in the region" (para 5).
Dec. 23, 2020, 8:58 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“At first no one knew why the five-year-old girl could no longer move her legs or control her urine. For months she lay on the ground, unable to walk or play” (para 1). “Some in the community blamed witchcraft but the real reason was more horrific: The child had been brutally raped and left paralyzed as a result of her injuries” (para 2). “The man accused in the five-year-old's case - who is her uncle - remains jailed without bail while his case is before the country's high court. A defense lawyer has yet to be assigned” (para 12). “Health workers at the Aberdeen Women's Center have determined she was...more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“At first no one knew why the five-year-old girl could no longer move her legs or control her urine. For months she lay on the ground, unable to walk or play” (para 1). “Some in the community blamed witchcraft but the real reason was more horrific: The child had been brutally raped and left paralyzed as a result of her injuries” (para 2). “The man accused in the five-year-old's case - who is her uncle - remains jailed without bail while his case is before the country's high court. A defense lawyer has yet to be assigned” (para 12). “Health workers at the Aberdeen Women's Center have determined she was...more
Dec. 3, 2020, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
“The Committee is equally concerned that the prevalence of sexual abuse of girls under 15 years of age is one of the highest in the world, and that nearly 1 in 3 women has been sexually abused before that age, mostly by male family members and partners” (5).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, LRCM-DATA-2
“The Committee is equally concerned that the prevalence of sexual abuse of girls under 15 years of age is one of the highest in the world, and that nearly 1 in 3 women has been sexually abused before that age, mostly by male family members and partners” (5).
Sept. 4, 2020, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“A three-month old girl was recently brought to the Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital in Patiala with vaginal bleeding. Her illiterate mother revealed reluctantly that her husband was an alcoholic and had tried to push a toothbrush into the daughter’s vagina, just half-an-inch in size. After bristles of the toothbrush were removed, the doctor asked the mother to lodge a police complaint to save her daughter from such assaults in the future. She left the hospital refusing even medication for the child” (para 1-2). “A nine-month-old girl was brought to the hospital with a carrot protruding out of her vagina. The victim’s father was a drug-addict. Her mother too...more
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
“A three-month old girl was recently brought to the Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital in Patiala with vaginal bleeding. Her illiterate mother revealed reluctantly that her husband was an alcoholic and had tried to push a toothbrush into the daughter’s vagina, just half-an-inch in size. After bristles of the toothbrush were removed, the doctor asked the mother to lodge a police complaint to save her daughter from such assaults in the future. She left the hospital refusing even medication for the child” (para 1-2). “A nine-month-old girl was brought to the hospital with a carrot protruding out of her vagina. The victim’s father was a drug-addict. Her mother too...more
May 31, 2020, 6:36 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Fourteen percent of ever-married women were related to their husband before their marriage, and 12 percent of these marriages were consanguineous marriages. The most common type of consanguineous marriages were marriages to first cousins (9% of all marriages). Young women are much more likely than older women to be related to their husbands. Women in urban areas are slightly more likely to be in consanguineous marriages than are women in rural areas. Muslim and Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist women are the most likely to be in consanguineous marriages" (157).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Fourteen percent of ever-married women were related to their husband before their marriage, and 12 percent of these marriages were consanguineous marriages. The most common type of consanguineous marriages were marriages to first cousins (9% of all marriages). Young women are much more likely than older women to be related to their husbands. Women in urban areas are slightly more likely to be in consanguineous marriages than are women in rural areas. Muslim and Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist women are the most likely to be in consanguineous marriages" (157).
April 19, 2020, 4:30 p.m.
Countries: Yemen
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Among ever-married women under 50 years of age [in Yemen], more than one-third (39.9%) reported they have a blood relationship with their husbands. First cousin marriages constituted 33.3% of all marriages. Specifically, paternal first cousin constitutes 23.9% of all marriages and 71.8% of first cousin marriages while maternal first cousin constitutes 9.4% of all marriages and 28.2% of first cousin marriages. The rest, 6.6%, were consanguineous unions related through more distant forms of blood relationship" (6).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2
"Among ever-married women under 50 years of age [in Yemen], more than one-third (39.9%) reported they have a blood relationship with their husbands. First cousin marriages constituted 33.3% of all marriages. Specifically, paternal first cousin constitutes 23.9% of all marriages and 71.8% of first cousin marriages while maternal first cousin constitutes 9.4% of all marriages and 28.2% of first cousin marriages. The rest, 6.6%, were consanguineous unions related through more distant forms of blood relationship" (6).
April 19, 2020, 11:08 a.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Pakistan has a high rate of consanguineous marriages ... marriages to first cousins are common; 29% of women marry first cousins on their father’s side, and 21% marry first cousins on their mother’s side. Trends: The percentage of women in marriages to first cousins on the father’s side decreased from 32% in 2006-07 to 29% in 2017-18, but there was no change in marriages to first cousins on the mother’s side" (69).
Variables: LRCM-DATA-2, MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Pakistan has a high rate of consanguineous marriages ... marriages to first cousins are common; 29% of women marry first cousins on their father’s side, and 21% marry first cousins on their mother’s side. Trends: The percentage of women in marriages to first cousins on the father’s side decreased from 32% in 2006-07 to 29% in 2017-18, but there was no change in marriages to first cousins on the mother’s side" (69).