Global Database on Violence against Women
Cabo Verde
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :16.1 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 7.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :18 % (3)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Equality Indexes:
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :36 (4)
Cabo Verde Search Data
1 - 10 of 25 ResultsTraining Workshop in Advocacy Techniques Addressing Gender Based Violence
| 2014
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Immigration Action Plan (2013-2016)
| 2013 | 2016
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Trafficking
The National Rehabilitation Program for Men Perpetrators of Gender Based Violence
Cabo Verde | 2012
Type of Measure : Perpetrators Programme
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law on Gender-Based Violence
Cabo Verde | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
The Special Law on Gender Based Violence
Cabo Verde | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 82 of the Constitution
Cabo Verde | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 90 of the Constitution
Cabo Verde | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Human Rights, Gender, and Gender Based Violence Training of Trainers
Cabo Verde | 2010
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines, Education > Formal education
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 28 of the Constitution
Cabo Verde | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Cabo Verde], Ministério da Saúde, e Macro International, 2008. Segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva, Cabo Verde, IDSR-II, 2005. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INE
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Cabo Verde], Ministério da Saúde, e Macro International, 2008. Segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva, Cabo Verde, IDSR-II, 2005. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INE
(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF SDG Target 5.3.1 global database 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
(4) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2016.
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