Democratic Republic of the Congo

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

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⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

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 Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :151 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :144 ⁽⁵⁾

Democratic Republic of the Congo Search Data

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Revised National Strategy to End Sexual and Gender-based Violence

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

Agency for the Prevention and Elimination of Trafficking in Persons

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2019

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Trafficking

1325 National Action Plan

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

Prevention of Gender-based Violence through and in Schools

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2018

Type of Measure : Education > Formal education

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Articles 352 and 357 of the Family Code

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

National Action Plan against Child 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

System for Monitoring and Collecting Data and Providing Early Warnings of Cases of GBV in Schools

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Campaign to End Early Marriage

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2015 | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) Action Plan to End GBV

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2014

Type of Measure : Work with public private sectors > Military

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Specialized Prosecution Cells for the Repression of Sexual Violence

Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2014

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

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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: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.