Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :20.4 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 8 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :21.6 % (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 :111 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :80 (5)

Paraguay Search Data

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Violencia de pareja en el Paraguay según la Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud Sexual y Reproductiva

Paraguay | 2011

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

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


Protocolo de Atención a Personas en Situación de Violencia Sexual

Paraguay | 2006

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


National Survey on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Paraguay | 2004

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

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


Law 1160/97 reforming the Penal Code

Paraguay | 1997

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

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


Protocolo de Atención a Personas en Situación de Violencia y el Protocolo del Informe Pericial Integral en la Investigación del Delito Sexual

Paraguay

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines, Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls


(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-44 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: Centro Paraguayo de Estudios de Población (CEPEP). 2009. Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud Sexual y Reproductiva 2008: Informe Final. Asunción, Paraguay: CEPEP.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-44 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: Centro Paraguayo de Estudios de Población (CEPEP). 2009. Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud Sexual y Reproductiva 2008: Informe Final. Asunción, Paraguay: CEPEP.


(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.