Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :24.5 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 14.5 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :21 % (3)
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 Inequality Index Rank :130 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :143 (5)
Pakistan | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Pakistan | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Pakistan | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Pakistan | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Pakistan | 2012 | 2013
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Pakistan | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Pakistan | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Sexual violence
Pakistan | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Other harmful practices
Pakistan | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Pakistan | 2010
Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Child, early and forced marriage, Other harmful practices, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence
(1) Proportion of ever-married women age 15-49 experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: National Institute of Population Studies - NIPS/Pakistan and ICF. 2019. Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18. Islamabad, Pakistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPS 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 Institute of Population Studies - NIPS/Pakistan and ICF. 2019. Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18. Islamabad, Pakistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPS and ICF.
(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF SDG Target 5.3.1 global database 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.