Lesotho

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 :16.4 % (1)

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 :144 (2)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :87 (3)

Lesotho Search Data

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Gender and Development Policy 2018-2030

Lesotho | 2018 | 2030

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Smart Phone Application for Reporting Violence

Lesotho | 2018

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Treatment, Care and Support for Survivors of Violence

Lesotho | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act No. 1

Lesotho | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Penal Code 2010

Lesotho | 2010

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Baseline Study on the Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence

Lesotho | 2009

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Lesotho Demographic Health Survey - Attitudes towards Wife Beating

Lesotho | 2009

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

Lesotho | 2008

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Section 3(3) of the Sexual Offences Act

Lesotho | 2003

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Sexual Offences Act

Lesotho | 2003

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

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(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) 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.

(3) 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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