Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :26.4 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 19 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :8.7 % (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 :68 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :114 (5)

Tajikistan Search Data

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Guidelines and Modules on Provision of Services to Victims of Domestic Violence

Tajikistan | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Crisis Hotline 1313

Tajikistan | 2018

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Working Group on Improvement of Legal Acts on Elimination of Gender Stereotypes, Protection of Women’s Rights and Prevention of Domestic Violence

Tajikistan | 2017

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Mechanisms under the Committee on Women and the Family

Tajikistan | 2017 | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Life Without Violence Brochure

Tajikistan | 2017

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Capacity Building of Medical Personnel, Social Workers and Civil Servants

Tajikistan | 2016 | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Training

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


National Plan for the Prevention of Human Trafficking 2016-2018

Tajikistan | 2016 | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Law on Counteracting Trafficking in Persons and Providing Support to Victims of Trafficking

Tajikistan | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Demographic and Health Survey 2012

Tajikistan | 2012

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


"16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" Campaign

Tajikistan | 2011

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


1 - 10 of 43 Results

(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: Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, and ICF. 2018. Tajikistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017. Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan/SA, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan/MOHSP, 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: Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan, and ICF. 2018. Tajikistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017. Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Statistical Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan/SA, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan/MOHSP, 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.