Colombia

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :33.3 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 18.3 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :23.4 % ⁽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 :101 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :59 ⁽⁵⁾

Colombia Search Data

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Law Against Femicide

Colombia | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide, Sexual violence

Ley 1719 del 18 de Junio de 2014

Colombia | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Informe de Seguimiento CONPES SOCIAL 161 “Equidad de Género para las Mujeres” Eje 6: Plan Integral para Garantizar a las Mujeres una Vida Libre de Violencias

Colombia | 2014

Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Programa de Garantías de la Labor de Lideresas y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos

Colombia | 2014

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Sexual violence

Ley 1654 de 2013 (Restauracion de la Fiscalia General de la Nacion)

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence

Article 44 of the Constitution

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Línea 155 de Orientación a Mujeres Víctimas de Violencia

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 13 of the Constitution

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 42 of the Constitution

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 17 of the Constitution

Colombia | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽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: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from: Asociación Probienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Profamilia, 2016. Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 2015. Profamilia. Bogota, Colombia.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from: Asociación Probienestar de la Familia Colombiana, Profamilia, 2016. Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 2015. Profamilia. Bogota, Colombia.

⁽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 2020.

⁽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 2021.