Mozambique

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :21.7 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 15.5 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :52.9 % ⁽³⁾

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 :136 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :34 ⁽⁵⁾

Mozambique Search Data

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National Plan for Preventing and Combating Gender-Based Violence 2018-2021

Mozambique | 2018 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy for Preventing and Combating Earlier Marriages 2016-2019

Mozambique | 2016 | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

Multisectoral Mechanism for Integrated Care for Women Victims of Violence

Mozambique | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Campaign on Violence against Women

Mozambique | 2012 | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde 2011

Mozambique | 2011

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Africa Unite against Violence on Women and Girls

Mozambique | 2010 | 2015

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Law on Domestic Violence Perpetrated against Women

Mozambique | 2009

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking

The Law for the Prevention and Combat of Trafficking in Persons

Mozambique | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Law on Trafficking

Mozambique | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

National Plan for Prevention and Combating Violence against Women

Mozambique | 2008 | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Ministério da Saúde- MISAU, Instituto Nacional de Estatística - INE, and ICF. 2018. Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA em Moçambique - IMASIDA, 2015. Maputo/Moçambique: MISAU/Moçambique, INE, and ICF.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ministério da Saúde- MISAU, Instituto Nacional de Estatística - INE, and ICF. 2018. Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA em Moçambique - IMASIDA, 2015. Maputo/Moçambique: MISAU/Moçambique, INE, and 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⁾ 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.

⁽⁵⁾ 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.