Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :8 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 4 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :5 % (3)
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 Inequality Index Rank :61 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :102 (5)
Armenia | 2011
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2011
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2010
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2009 | 2011
Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2008 | 2011
Type of Measure : Health > Training, Police > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2008 | 2010
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Armenia | 2007 | 2008
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Armenia | 2007 | 2009
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Armenia | 2007
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Armenia | 2006
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
(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, 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (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 2016.
(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 2016.