Global Database on Violence against Women
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 :102 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :75 (5)
Colombia Search Data
1 - 10 of 28 ResultsLey 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 1542 de 2012 (Normas de sensibilización, prevención y sanción de formas de violencia y discriminación contra las mujeres, rereforman los Códigos Penal, de Procedimiento Penal, la Ley 294 de 1996 y se dictan otras disposiciones)
Colombia | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner 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
(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.
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