Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :17 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 11 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :16 % (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 :80 (4)
Myanmar | 2015 | 2016
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Myanmar | 2013
Type of Measure : Education > Formal education, Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Myanmar | 2011
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Myanmar | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Myanmar | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Myanmar | 2007
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Myanmar | 2005
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Myanmar | 2003
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source:Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) and ICF. 2017. Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, and Rockville, Maryland USA: Ministry of Health and Sports and ICF.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) and ICF. 2017. Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, and Rockville, Maryland USA: Ministry of Health and Sports and ICF.
(3) Percentage of women aged 20-24 years who were 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.