Countries: Norway
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s ninth periodic report (CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/9) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Amendment to the Working Environment Act to strengthen the right to full-time work, in 2023; (b) Amendment to expand the prohibition of forced marriage to include extrajudicial forced marriage, in 2021; (c) Amendment to expand the duty to avert a criminal offence, which is subject to penalties, to encompass forced marriage, aggravated human trafficking and aggravated sexual activity with children between the ages of 14 and 16, in 2020; (d) Amendments to the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act to strengthen...more

Countries: Bolivia
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2, RISW-PRACTICE-1

"Brisa’s [survivor of sexual violence] intention in taking her case to the IACtHR was to request a significant and sustainable change in the laws and the criminal justice system, in education, and in the responsibility of the Bolivian State to prevent and address sexual violence so other survivors will not encounter the same injustices and revictimization that she experienced" (para 7). "It [the verdict in Brisa De Angulo Losada v. Bolivia] is a model decision guaranteeing non-repetition measures by establishing legal changes, implementation, training, and prevention through comprehensive sexual education, alongside other very concrete measures that Bolivia must comply with and implement" (para 9). "'This [the verdict in Brisa De...more

Countries: Latvia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee welcomes the adoption in 2019 of the Law on the Discontinuation of Non-citizen’s Status for Children, establishing that all children born in the State party after 1 January 2020 automatically obtain Latvian citizenship...The Committee welcomes the comprehensive education reform to develop new, competency-based education content that includes respect for gender equality pursuant to the general basic education standard and general secondary education standard for 2020–2021 and the preschool education guidelines for 2019–2020" (10). "The Committee...welcomes the fact that the State party introduced, in 2019, additional support services for persons, including women, living with HIV to ensure early and effective access to treatment and that the services provided at...more

Countries: Belize
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"To ensure sexual and reproductive health information reaches all schools, the 2021 Spotlight Initiative plans to scale up programs with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and NGO’s working on these topics. The program will utilize a comprehensive sexuality education approach which uses a Health and Family Life Education Curriculum, Positive Youth Development Curriculum, and It’s All One Curriculum. The initiative will include out-of-school girls as well as those with disabilities" (36). "Through Innovation and National Accountability for the HIV and TB Response in Belize program which commenced in 2019, with support from Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. In 2021, the National AIDS Commission (NAC)...more

Countries: Belize
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"In 2020 UNFPA through the Spotlight Initiative, the Child Development Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Belize, Belize Family Life Association, Organization for Women in Action, implemented the Mobile Women Centre (MWCs) delivering lifelifesaving services through legal support, psychosocial support and counselling, sexual and reproductive health services, Gender Based Violence and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights information sharing. In 2021, the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs began the implementation of these key services through government and civil society implementation of services to the hardest to reach women and girls" (11). "The National AIDS Commission, the Office of the Special Envoy and the Ministry of Human Development supported...more

Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: INFIB-DATA-2, RISW-PRACTICE-1

“A national survey in 2019 found that 83% of women had undergone FGM, a slight drop from 90% in 2013” (6).

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"The Life programme promotes access to health-care services for pregnant girls and adolescents and mothers under 14 years of age who are victims of sexual violence and whose cases have been prosecuted. Under the programme, the Government provides conditional cash transfers to enable mothers and their children to attend medical appointments on a regular basis. In April 2021, the Government initiated a pilot plan to visit girls and adolescents in central Guatemala in order to assess progress and risks, and to review compliance with the relevant conditions. During the period 2018–2021, the Life programme benefited 538 women, with an investment of 4.14 million quetzales. The 'Bono Familia' (Family Bonus) programme...more

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"Since 2019, the Government has been conducting initiatives related to comprehensive sexuality education, such as performing screening tests for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B and distributing condoms and lubricants, for the benefit of the entire population, with a focus on vulnerable groups. Those who receive positive test results are referred to the comprehensive care units of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare. In 2021, hepatitis C screening was implemented through the development of a hepatitis B and C guide, and the violence protocol aimed at addressing sexually transmitted infections, HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B and C was updated. In 2020, the Government developed a georeferenced map identifying community-level...more

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"In 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security implemented the Unprompted Inspections Plan in order to ensure respect for the labour rights of women working in the industrial, commercial and services sectors in departments throughout the country. Such inspections were carried out in 611 companies, in which 2,893 women are employed. This initiative was taken as a result of complaints received by the Office of the Inspector-General of Labour of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, which totalled 21,323 during the period 2017–2021. The Office received the highest number of complaints during the period 2017–2019, with a total of 15,814. Sexual violence in the workplace was addressed through...more

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"The Inter-agency Committee on Women and Peace and Security is the mechanism for promoting, supporting, monitoring and evaluating progress on the women and peace and security agenda, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions. It identifies actions, provides guidance and tasks State institutions with duties under their purview. In 2017, the national action plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) was adopted. The plan is made up of five pillars, each of which has specific objectives, strategic actions (16) and technical and operational measures (26). Between 2019 and 2020, an annual road map for its implementation was developed. The Presidential Secretariat for Women...more

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"In 2020, the thematic committee on women of the Special Social Development Cabinet formulated recommendations on the protection of the human rights of Mayan, Garifuna, Xinca and mestizo women in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. The objective of the thematic committee is to respond to the recommendations issued by international mechanisms on various issues, including on the prevention of violence against women" (7). "In 2020, the judiciary established courts and tribunals for femicide and other forms of violence against women and sexual violence in the departments of Santa Rosa, Baja Verapaz and Zacapa. There are specialized bodies of this kind in 17 of the country’s departments. The judiciary also...more

Countries: Guatemala
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"To attend to the needs of children and adolescents, the comprehensive care model for children and adolescents was launched in 2019, with the aim of upholding and protecting their human rights by providing prompt, culturally sensitive care with a gender perspective to ensure personal protection, give legal, psychological, social and health guidance, reduce secondary victimization and provide child and adolescent victims of crimes with differentiated care" (3). "Between 2019 and May 2021, 4,529 judicial officials participated in training sessions, virtual courses or specialized workshops on the human rights of women, the care of victims, statistics and communication with a gender perspective and the regulatory framework established under the Convention. In...more

Countries: Cuba
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"There is a record of progress in essential areas: the Comprehensive Strategy against gender-based and intrafamily violence, the transversal treatment of gender-based violence in regulatory bodies such as the Family Code, the Penal Code and the Criminal Enforcement Law, based on the updating of the National Program for the Advancement of Women. However, they are instruments that are not yet sufficiently grounded in the institutional and political dynamics of the country. The Program will have been approved two years ago and the Strategy for just over one" (para 6-7).

Countries: Honduras
Variables: GP-DATA-3, RISW-PRACTICE-1

"However, Honduran activists did welcome some advances under the new administration, including the creation of a minister for women, the appointment of some feminists to important positions and more focus on gender issues, none of which would have happened under the previous regime" (para 20).

Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: RISW-PRACTICE-1

"M.B.S. indeed abolished the ban on women driving, which had always stood out as an outlandish source of international scorn...He also removed some of the legal enforcements of the dreaded guardianship system, which consigned every Saudi woman to the near total control of a male family member" (para 6). "The recent reforms mean that if a woman has been born or married into a clan of freethinking men willing to let her do things, the state will not interfere. But for the many Saudi women who lack a benevolent male guardian, there is no remedy. If, for example, a woman’s husband or father doesn’t think she should get her driving...more