Global Database on Violence against Women
Jordan
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :18.9 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 13.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :9.7 % (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 :118 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :122 (5)
Jordan Search Data
1 - 8 of 8 ResultsPenal Code Amendment 2017
Jordan | 2017
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law on Protection from Domestic Violence 2017
Jordan | 2017
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Cyber Crime Law 2015
Jordan | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
The Personal Status Act (Right to Marry Freely)
Jordan | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
The Domestic Violence Protection Act
Jordan | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
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: Department of Statistics/DOS and ICF. 2019. Jordan Population and Family and Health Survey 2017-18. Amman, Jordan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: DOS 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: Department of Statistics/DOS and ICF. 2019. Jordan Population and Family and Health Survey 2017-18. Amman, Jordan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: DOS 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 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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