Global Database on Violence against Women
Eritrea
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :41 % (1)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :83 % (2)
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)
Eritrea Search Data
1 - 10 of 25 ResultsWomens Economic Empowerment
Eritrea | 2013
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Eritrean Population Health Survey 2010
Eritrea | 2010
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting Legal Disputes
Eritrea | 2009 | 2013
Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines, Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Civil and Penal Codes Revised
Eritrea | 2009
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Other harmful practices, Child, early and forced marriage, Sexual violence
Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
Eritrea | 2009
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Women Filing Charges against Sexual Assault
Eritrea | 2009 | 2012
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
East African Sub-Regional Conference on Female Genital Mutilation
Eritrea | 2008
Type of Measure : Regional Initiatives
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Proclamation 158 2007 The Female Circumcision Abolition Proclamation
Eritrea | 2007
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
National Campaigns to End Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting
Eritrea | 2007
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns, Work with public private sectors > Media
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
National Gender and Action Plan
Eritrea | 2003 | 2008
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Sexual violence
(1) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
(2) Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases 2017, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
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