Niger

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 :76.3 % ⁽¹⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :2 % ⁽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 :153 ⁽³⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :128 ⁽⁴⁾

Niger Search Data

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Decree No. 2019/369 Establishing Child Protection Committees

Niger | 2019

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

Income-Generating Activities to Combat FGM

Niger | 2019

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization

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

Niger Adolescent Girls Initiative 'ILLIMIN'

Niger | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

National Strategy for the Prevention and Response to Gender-Based Violence

Niger | 2017 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Law No. 2015-36 of 26 June 2015 on the Smuggling of Migrants

Niger | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

National Anti-Trafficking Mechanisms

Niger | 2012

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Campagne Des 16 Jours D'activisme Pour Lutter Contre Les Violences Faites Aux Femmes

Niger | 2010

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Division Genre De La Direction De La Promotion De La Femme Et Du Genre

Niger | 2010

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 14 of the Constitution

Niger | 2010

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Constitution

Niger | 2010

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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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⁾ 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.