Belgium

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :24 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 8 % ⁽³⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

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 :10 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :14 ⁽⁵⁾

Belgium Search Data

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General Welfare Centres

Belgium | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Creation of Domestic Violence Units in Center for Social Action

Belgium | 2019

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Reporting Codes for Partner Violence, FGM and Sexual Violence

Belgium | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Sexual violence

Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence Study

Belgium | 2018

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Study on the Media Treatment of Violence against Women in the Belgian French-speaking Daily Press

Belgium | 2018

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Sexual Violence Service Centers

Belgium | 2017

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

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Additionnal Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence

Belgium | 2017

Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Combating Gender-based Violence for Refugees and Stateless Persons

Belgium | 2017

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Combating Gender-based Violence for Asylum Seekers

Belgium | 2017 | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

National Survey on Intimate Partner Violence in the Workplace

Belgium | 2017

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽³⁾ Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽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.