Global Database on Violence against Women
India
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :29.3 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 24 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :27.3 % (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 :122 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :135 (5)
India Search Data
1 - 10 of 15 ResultsAajeevika (National Rural Livelihoods Mission)
India | 2011
Type of Measure : Social services > Longer term support (Education, Employment, Housing and Financial), Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Crime against Women Cells
India | 2010
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Mahila Panchayats
India | 2010
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Training by the National Judicial Academy and the State Judicial Academies on Domestic Violence
India | 2010
Type of Measure : Justice > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Statistics of the National Commission for Women on Violence against Women
India | 2009
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Other harmful practices, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Other harmful practices
Campaign: Bell Bajao (Ring the Bell)
India | 2008
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Eleventh Five Year Development Plan
India | 2007 | 2012
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Other harmful practices, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
India | 2006
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
India | 2005
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
National Family Health Survey 2 and 3
India | 2005 | 2006
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21: India. Mumbai: IIPS.
(2) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21: India. Mumbai: IIPS.
(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.
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