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 :76.3 % (1)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :2 % (2)
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 Inequality Index Rank :153 (3)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :128 (4)
Niger | 2019
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Niger | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Niger | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Niger | 2017 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Niger | 2010
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Niger | 2010
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Niger | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Niger | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(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.
(4) 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.