Honduras

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :27.8 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6.8 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :33.6 % ⁽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 :107 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :82 ⁽⁵⁾

Honduras Search Data

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National Plan Against Violence Against Women (Plan Nacional Contra la Violencia Hacia las Mujeres)

Honduras | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud / Encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples por Conglomerados, Honduras 2019

Honduras | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

911 for Domestic Violence

Honduras | 2015

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Protocol: Comprehensive Attention to Victims of Violence Against Women in Cases of Domestic Violence

Honduras | 2014

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Criminal Code "Femicide"

Honduras | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide

Article 70 of the Constitution

Honduras | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 68 of the Constitution

Honduras | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud

Honduras | 2011 | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Juzgados Contra La Violencia Doméstica

Honduras | 2010

Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Capacitaciones Específicas Sobre Violencia Contra La Mujer

Honduras | 2010

Type of Measure : Justice > Training, Education > Non-formal education

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: Secretaría de Salud [Honduras], Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) e ICF International, 2013. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2011-2012. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y la Secretaria de Salud de Honduras. (2021). Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud / Encuesta de Indicadores Múltiples por Conglomerados. Honduras 2019. Tegucigalpa.

⁽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.