Armenia

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :8.2 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 3.5 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :5.3 % ⁽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 :54 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :114 ⁽⁵⁾

Armenia Search Data

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Training Courses for Prevention of Domestic Violence

Armenia | 2021

Type of Measure : Justice > Training

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Services for Victims of Domestic Violence at Support Centers

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Seminar: Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Justice > Training

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

Joint Project to Implement Law on Prevention of Violence within Family

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Capacity Building of Service Providers

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Justice > Training

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Council on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Training: Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Armenia | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Training

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

Panel Discussion: Primary Response, Investigation and Prosecutorial Supervision of the Cases of Domestic Violence

Armenia | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Law on Prevention of Violence within the Family, Protection of Victims of Violence within the Family and Restoration of Peace in the Family

Armenia | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Campaign: Awareness-Raising on Domestic Violence

Armenia | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-59 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: National Statistical Service, Ministry of Health, and ICF. 2017. Armenia Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Rockville, Maryland, USA: National Statistical Service, Ministry of Health, and ICF.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: National Statistical Service, Ministry of Health, and ICF. 2017. Armenia Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Rockville, Maryland, USA: National Statistical Service, Ministry of Health, and ICF.

⁽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 2020.

⁽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 2021.