Global Database on Violence against Women
Zambia
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :42.2 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 25.3 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :29 % (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 :138 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :62 (5)
Zambia Search Data
1 - 10 of 31 ResultsGender Based Violence Fast Track Courts
Zambia | 2018
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Zambia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey
Zambia | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Addressing Child Sexual Abuse Content Online
Zambia | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
The 2018 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey
Zambia | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Demographic and Health Survey 2013-2014
Zambia | 2013 | 2014
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
The Anti-Gender-Based Violence Act (FGM)
Zambia | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Anti Gender-Based Violence Committee
Zambia | 2011
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Anti Gender-Based Violence Fund
Zambia | 2011
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Training for Relevant Officials on cases of Gender-based Violence
Zambia | 2009
Type of Measure : Justice > Training, Police > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
One Stop Centers
Zambia | 2009
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers
Form of 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: Zambia Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health (MOH) Zambia, and ICF. 2019. Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2018. Lusaka, Zambia, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Zambia Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, 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: Zambia Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health (MOH) Zambia, and ICF. 2019. Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2018. Lusaka, Zambia, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Zambia Statistics Agency, Ministry of Health, 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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