Central African Republic

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :29.8 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 26.3 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :61 % ⁽³⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :21.6 % ⁽⁴⁾

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:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :166 ⁽⁵⁾

Central African Republic Search Data

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National Strategy to End Gender-Based Violence

Central African Republic | 2019 | 2023

Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Medical Care for Victims of Gender-based Violence

Central African Republic | 2019

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Coordination of Interventions

Central African Republic | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Mixed Unit of Rapid Intervention and Investigation of Sexual Violence against Women and Children

Central African Republic | 2017

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Study on the Extent and Typology of Violence against Women during the Central African Crises

Central African Republic | 2017

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Other harmful practices

Special Law N° 15-003 of 3 June 2015 on the Creation, Functioning and Organisation of the Special Criminal Court

Central African Republic | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Statistical Data on Gender-based Violence Incidents

Central African Republic | 2014

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Health, Administrative data > Justice, Administrative data > Police, Administrative data > Social Services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 6 of the Constitution

Central African Republic | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 3 of the Constitution (No torture, rape, ill-treatment or cruel, inhuman, degrading or humiliating treatment)

Central African Republic | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National MISC Survey on Gender-based Violence

Central African Republic | 2011

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽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: Database compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS). (ICF International, 2014 and CDC, 2014).

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Database compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS). (ICF International, 2014 and CDC, 2014).

⁽³⁾ Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽⁴⁾ Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽⁵⁾ The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.