Mauritania

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :9.3 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6.4 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :37 % ⁽³⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :66.6 % ⁽⁴⁾

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 :161 ⁽⁵⁾

Mauritania Search Data

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Enquête Démographique et de Santé en Mauritanie 2019-2021

Mauritania | 2019 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy for Gender Mainstreaming

Mauritania | 2015

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Girls

Mauritania | 2014 | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Plan d’Action National sur les Violences Basées sur le Genre

Mauritania | 2014 | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 13 of the Constitution

Mauritania | 2012

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Survey on Violence against Women in Mauritania 2011

Mauritania | 2011

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Code of Criminal Procedure (FGM/C)

Mauritania | 2007

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Stratégie Nationale de Promotion de l’Abandon des Excisions/Mutilations Génitales Féminines

Mauritania | 2007

Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women, Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Ordonnance n°2005-015 portant Protection Pénale de l’Enfant

Mauritania | 2005

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Act No. 2003-025 (Human Trafficking)

Mauritania | 2003

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Office Nationale de la Statistique (ONS), ministère de la Santé (MS), et ICF. 2021. Enquête Démographique et de Santé en Mauritanie 2019-2021. Nouakchott, Mauritanie et Rockville, Maryland, USA: ONS, MS, et ICF.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Office Nationale de la Statistique (ONS), ministère de la Santé (MS), et ICF. 2021. Enquête Démographique et de Santé en Mauritanie 2019-2021. Nouakchott, Mauritanie et Rockville, Maryland, USA: ONS, MS, et ICF.

⁽³⁾ 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.

⁽⁴⁾ 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.

⁽⁵⁾ 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.