Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :40.4 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 10.8 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :22.2 % (3)

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 :85 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :41 (5)

Ecuador Search Data

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National Survey on Family Relations and Gender-Based Violence against Women

Ecuador | 2019

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Organic Law to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women

Ecuador | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Single Registry of Violence (Monitor Violence Cases)

Ecuador | 2018

Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Technical Subcommittee on Validation of the Special Interinstitutional Commission on Security and Justice: Femicides

Ecuador | 2016

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide


Course: Integral Attention in Gender Violence

Ecuador | 2016

Type of Measure : Health > Training

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Manual: What to Do and How to Act in Situations of Gender Violence

Ecuador | 2016

Type of Measure : Education > Non-formal education

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Gender-Based Violence Observatory

Ecuador | 2015

Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Dirección Nacional de Género en el Ministerio de Gobierno y Policía

Ecuador | 2015

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

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


Resolución CORDICOM-PLE-2015-057 (Calificación de proyectos para Radio y Televisión)

Ecuador | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls



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(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15 to 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: Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad de Genero. 2014. La Violencia de Género Contra las Mujeres en el Ecuador: Análisis de los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Relaciones Familiares y Violencia de Género contra las Mujeres.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15 to 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: Consejo Nacional para la Igualdad de Genero. 2014. La Violencia de Género Contra las Mujeres en el Ecuador: Análisis de los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional sobre Relaciones Familiares y Violencia de Género contra las Mujeres.


(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.