This web portal, developed and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), provides data and detailed metadata for the following 2 indicators for each country with available data as of May 2016. Requested citation: United Nations Statistics Division Violence against Women data portal (unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/vaw/index.html), Two UN Plaza DC2-1552, New York, NY 10017, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Source: United Nations General Assembly, 1993, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNSD portal for the UN Minimum Set of Gender Indicators. stream The violence against women indicator presents you with data on: Attitudes toward violence: The percentage of women who agree that a husband/partner is justified in beating his wife/partner under certain circumstances Prevalence of violence in the lifetime: The percentage of women who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life Laws … ?�1���К�;G����W�ƾ�/�7�#����}�36�G��o��͏��M?�vFh���-�e��}y�ݻu_�|��k���k��}8�����uJ���,���s֛��������>�w�i��u��7Ni8Qʋ�v��yX�s�G_��g_��|�K;�~��O���H���f��)�}^z�@�݇�e2,��eX���x�������~����$�r��{������=^�s�a�w�����~�͑���^>���z~7�b�D ��A��*C_�H��6l���2�.6����&��緥7޽l�����-���4}Ll����Q��&k2޼o,�=�6�P]�������sa@��!�����1�K���0Xc. endobj <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 792 612] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 1 0 obj These statistics are also available in the UNSD portal for the UN Minimum Set of Gender Indicators and can contribute to the monitoring of progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Target 5.2: Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total. <> 3 0 obj %���� Such violence is recognised as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women, reflecting the pervasive imbalance of power between women and men. Violence against women is defined as any act of “gender-based violence that results in or is likely to result in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of acts such as coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life”. endobj The numbers are staggering: 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. Pages in category "Violence against women by country" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. Violence against Women Prevalence Data: Surveys by Country Compiled by UN Women (as of March 2011) 2 No. These charts offer a glimpse into the state of violence against women around the globe. Last updated in May 2016. 2 0 obj %PDF-1.5 Such violence is recognised as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women, reflecting the pervasive imbalance of power between women and men. (Source: United Nations General Assembly, 1993, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women). By Deidre McPhillips , Data Editor Oct. 20, 2016 By Deidre McPhillips , Data Editor Oct. 20, 2016, at 12:09 p.m. x��}k�%�m�w��/�'@���ep�ɮ���x��b��v{f���m���+���:�T�0EI|(��?����߿}�����������7�����_~�����˿����|����~�����/���/^��ُ�ax�����e�������~��O�{�����'߿��g?��/�/�ܿ�˽�^���i��_����/��ݷ��KӲ{����}���^}{3�~{[_��ͯ0��p_��_߿��-�_���?-�C��������� �w�ooF���/oo�׏��_̿m�G~�~y����[�a������W�6�\�_����fs�^~{�^Ϳ�V�%��l{GN�n����|����L!/�t�}9��W �3[旅ن}���< ����G��5�{5��﬎�����OVe�? Violence against women in the Philippines, Violence against women in the United Arab Emirates, Violence against women in the United Kingdom, Violence against women in the United States, Gender violence and rape in Francoist Spain and the democratic transition, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Violence_against_women_by_country&oldid=940200324, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 February 2020, at 03:25. <>>> In all societies, to varying degrees, women and girls are subjected to physical, sexual and psychological abuse that cuts across lines of income, class and culture. <> Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and girls (VAWG), is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. This list may not reflect recent changes (). Source: All data and metadata are compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division based on country-level data reported by National Statistical Offices and collected through national surveys on violence against women, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the World Health Organisation (WHO) multicountry study, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey on Violence Against Women, and other sources such as International Violence Against Women Surveys (IVAWS), Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), Victimization and Crime Surveys. Country Survey Coverage Year Intimate Partner Violence (%) Intimate Partner and/or Non-Partner Violence (%) Forced first sex (%) Abuse during pregnancy Physical Sexual Physical and/or sexual Physical Sexual Physical and/or sexual Last 12 This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). endobj 4 0 obj The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.