Global Database on Violence against Women
Rwanda
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :41.5 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 23.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :6.8 % (3)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
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 :93 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :6 (5)
Rwanda Search Data
1 - 10 of 34 ResultsThe 2019-20 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey
Rwanda | 2019 | 2020
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law No 66/2018 Prohibits Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
Rwanda | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Multi-Year Project to Counter Trafficking
Rwanda | 2018
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Law No 68/2018 Criminalizes GBV
Rwanda | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Rwanda Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
Rwanda | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Strategy for Transformation 2017-2024
Rwanda | 2017 | 2024
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Demographic and Health Survey
Rwanda | 2014 | 2015
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Accelerated Plan for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV
Rwanda | 2010 | 2014
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF. 2021. Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR and ICF.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF. 2021. Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR 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.
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