Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :50.7 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 36.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :29.1 % (3)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
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 Inequality Index Rank :151 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :144 (5)
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2020 | 2025
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2018
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2018
Type of Measure : Education > Formal education
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2016 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015 | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2014
Type of Measure : Work with public private sectors > Military
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2014
Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
(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:Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en oeuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) et ICF International, 2014. Enquête Démographique et de Santé en République Démocratique du Congo 2013-2014. Rockville, Maryland, USA : MPSMRM, MSP et ICF International.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source:Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en oeuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) et ICF International, 2014. Enquête Démographique et de Santé en République Démocratique du Congo 2013-2014. Rockville, Maryland, USA : MPSMRM, MSP et ICF International.
(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) 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.
(5) 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 2022.