Global Database on Violence against Women
Turkiye
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :38 % (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 :14.7 % (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 :65 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :124 (5)
Turkiye Search Data
1 - 10 of 43 ResultsProtocol on the Empowerment of Women and Institutional Capacity Building and Increasing Cooperation and Coordination for Combating Violence against Women
Turkiye | 2019
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Violence against women and girls
Action Plan on Combating Early and Forced Marriages 2019-2023
Turkiye | 2019 | 2023
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Joint Work Plan 2018-2020 (Prevent Early Marriages)
Turkiye | 2018 | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Womens Support Phone Application
Turkiye | 2018
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Training of Trainers on Combating Early and Forced Marriages
Turkiye | 2018 | 2019
Type of Measure : Police > Training
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Regulation on Combating Human Trafficking and the Protection of Victims
Turkiye | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Trafficking
National Action Plan on Combating Violence Against Women
Turkiye | 2016 | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Audio Surveillance Systems for Combating Violence against Women
Turkiye | 2015
Type of Measure : Perpetrators Programme
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey
Turkiye | 2015
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-59 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2015. Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-59 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ministry of Family and Social Policies, 2015. Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey.
(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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