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 :40.7 % (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, 2021, based on DHS, 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, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.
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