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)
Gender Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :159 (3)
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.
(3) 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.
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