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 :102 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :75 (5)

Colombia Search Data

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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



Ley 1257 (Prevención y Sanción de formas de Violencia y Discriminación contra la Mujeres)

Colombia | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

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


Programa Integral contra la Violencia Basada en Género

Colombia | 2008 | 2011

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

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


Plan Estratégico para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer ante la Justicia

Colombia | 2008

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses

Colombia | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Health > Protocols and guidelines, Health > Training

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


Dato del Centro Nacional de Atención al Ciudadano

Colombia | 2007

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data, Social services > Hotline/Helpline, Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


"Violencia Domestica o Violencia contra la Mujer"

Colombia | 2007

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

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


Módulo de la A a la Z en "Derechos Sexuales y en Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos para funcionarios y funcionarias con énfasis en Violencia Intrafamiliar y Violencia Sexual

Colombia | 2007

Type of Measure : Education > Non-formal education

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


Plan Nacional de Salud Pública

Colombia | 2007 | 2010

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

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


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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 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.