Global Database on Violence against Women
Guinea-Bissau
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 :25.7 % (1)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :52.1 % (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)
Guinea-Bissau Search Data
1 - 7 of 7 ResultsLaw against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Guinea-Bissau | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325
Guinea-Bissau | 2010
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Data from the Emergency Wards of Sima Mendes National Hospital
Guinea-Bissau | 2006
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Health
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Gender-based Violence Data
Guinea-Bissau | 2005
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 37 of the Constitution
Guinea-Bissau | 1996
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
The National Committee to Combat Harmful Practices
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Other harmful practices
(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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