Cuba

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available

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

Child Marriage :29.4 % (1)

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 :73 (2)

Cuba Search Data

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Simposio Internacional Violencia de Género, Prostitución, Turismo Sexual y Tráfico de Personas

Cuba | 2013

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Treatment and Counselling on Domestic Violence

Cuba | 2006

Type of Measure : Social services > Psycho-social counselling

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Registro para el Control y Seguimiento de la Violencia Intrafamiliar

Cuba | 2006 | 2013

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Social Services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Development of Educational Kits

Cuba | 2006

Type of Measure : Education > Non-formal education

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

The Preamble of the Constitution

Cuba | 2003

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Grupo de Trabajo de Prevención y Atención de la Violencia Familiar

Cuba | 1997

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Plan de Acción Nacional de Seguimiento a la Conferencia de Beijing

Cuba | 1997

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Group for Prevention and Treatment of Violence in the Family

Cuba | 1997

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Reported Cases of Rape

Cuba | 1996 | 1998

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Studies on Violence against Women

Cuba | 1991 | 1999

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls

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(1) 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.

(2) 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.

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