Iraq

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available

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

Child Marriage :27.9 % (1)

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :7.4 % (2)

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 :145 (3)

Iraq Search Data

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National Strategy to Combat Violence against Women 2018- 2030

Iraq | 2018 | 2030

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy to Combat Violence against Women 2017-2027 (Kurdistan)

Iraq | 2017 | 2027

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Joint Action by Iraq and UN to Combat Sexual Violence

Iraq | 2016

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Social Protection Act 2014: Safe House

Iraq | 2014

Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Law Against Domestic Violence No 8 of 2011 (Kurdistan)

Iraq | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Legal Clinics for Victims/Survivors of Violence

Iraq | 2010

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

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

High Commission for the Advancement of Iraqi Women

Iraq | 2010

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Data on Violence against Women

Iraq | 2010

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Hotlines

Iraq | 2010

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

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

"16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" Campaign

Iraq | 2010

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

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(1) 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.

(2) Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

(3) 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.

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