Global Database on Violence against Women
Ghana
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :24.4 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 19.2 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 4 % (3)
Child Marriage :19.3 % (4)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :2.4 % (5)
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 :130 (6)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :108 (7)
Ghana Search Data
1 - 10 of 24 ResultsOne Stop Shop by Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service
Ghana | 2022
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Domestic Violence Information Portal
Ghana | 2021
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Orange Support Centre and the Boame Mobile Application
Ghana | 2021
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Cyber Security Act 2020
Ghana | 2020
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Secretariat and Domestic Violence/Victim Support Unit
Ghana | 2018
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Help Line of Hope
Ghana | 2017
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Report: Domestic Violence in Ghana
Ghana | 2016
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage
Ghana | 2016
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Demographic and Health Survey 2008
Ghana | 2008
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(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: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF Macro, 2009. Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008. Accra, Ghana: GSS, GHS, and ICF Macro
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF Macro, 2009. Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008. Accra, Ghana: GSS, GHS, and ICF Macro
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF Macro, 2009. Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008. Accra, Ghana: GSS, GHS, and ICF Macro
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) 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.
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