Global Database on Violence against Women
Argentina
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :26.9 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 2.7 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 12.1 % (3)
Child Marriage :15.5 % (4)
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 :75 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :35 (6)
Argentina Search Data
1 - 10 of 101 ResultsProvincial Support Units Provide Economic and Psychosocial Suport
Argentina | 2021
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Program for Urgent Support and Immediate Comprehensive Assistance in Cases of Extreme Gender-Based Violence
Argentina | 2021
Type of Measure : Social services > Longer term support (Education, Employment, Housing and Financial)
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Federal Action Plan against Gender-based Violence 2020-2022
Argentina | 2020 | 2022
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Register of Violence against Women Cases
Argentina | 2019
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity
Argentina | 2019
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Protocol of Action for Security Forces (Femicide)
Argentina | 2018
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide
National Plan to Combat Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons 2018-2020
Argentina | 2018 | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Observatory for Symbolic and Media Violence
Argentina | 2017
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of women aged 18-69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime since age 16. Source: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación. 2017. Primer Estudio Nacional sobre Violencias contra la Mujer 2015, Basado en la International Violence Against Women Suvey (IVAWS), 1a ed. Ministerio de Justicia. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Ediciciones SAIJ.
(2) Proportion of women aged 18–69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación. 2017. Primer Estudio Nacional sobre Violencias contra la Mujer 2015, Basado en la International Violence Against Women Suvey (IVAWS), 1a ed. Ministerio de Justicia. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Ediciciones SAIJ.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18–69 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime since age 16. Source: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación. 2017. Primer Estudio Nacional sobre Violencias contra la Mujer 2015, Basado en la International Violence Against Women Suvey (IVAWS), 1a ed. Ministerio de Justicia. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Ediciciones SAIJ.
(4) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: Encuesta Nacional de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (MICS) 2019-2020.
(5) 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 2020.
(6) 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 2021.
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