Pakistan

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

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 :18.3 % ⁽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 :135 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :145 ⁽⁵⁾

Pakistan Search Data

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Women Complaint Centers (Sindh)

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Other harmful practices, Sexual violence

Women Safety Smart Phone App Project (Punjab)

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment

Gender-Based Violence Court (Lahore)

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Sindh Amendment Act 2017

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Ministry of Human Rights Plan for Action 2017

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Trafficking, Other harmful practices, Child, early and forced marriage

Awareness Campaigns by Punjab Commission on the Status of Women

Pakistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

The Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act

Pakistan | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Balochistan Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2016

Pakistan | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment

Toll Free Helpline (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Pakistan | 2016

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 11 of the Constitution

Pakistan | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Trafficking, Violence against women and girls

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⁽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 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.