Gender Equality
  • 5.1.1 Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex
  • 5.1.2 Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earning
  • 5.2.1 Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
  • 5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence
  • 5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20–24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18
  • 5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15–49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age
  • 5.4.1 Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
  • 5.5.1 Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments
  • 5.5.2 Proportion of women in managerial positions
  • 5.6.1 Proportion of women aged 15–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care
  • 5.6.2 Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education
  • 5.a.1 (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
  • 5.a.2 Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
  • 5.b.1 Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex
  • 5.c.1 Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

    • 5.2.2 Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

     

    Human Trafficking

    Disaggregated statewide data, other than case numbers reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, are currently not available. Therefore, understanding influencing factors can be challenging. However, the lack of protection can play a major role in the incidence of human trafficking and the three states have made progress in terms of introducing or passing legislature that protects domestic workers, who are most vulnerable to human trafficking.

    Domestic workers are the only group that is not currently included in the DC’s bill of rights. There are around 47,000domestic workers employed in the DMV area, notably nannies and housekeepers that work for diplomats and wealthy families. At present, a Bill of Rights is scheduled to be introduced at the DC council, which would include domestic worker protections.  Recently, Virginia amended the Virginia Human Rights Act to include domestic workers in employee and wage protections. Montgomery County, Maryland has also passed legislation that provides a framework for employers and employees to negotiate a written employment contract, which must include duties, obligations, and inform basic worker rights.

    • The leading national organization that is involved with domestic worker rights is the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
    • CASA, founded in 1985 is the leading immigrant rights service and advocacy organization for the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas.