Ireland

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :15 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 3 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 5 % ⁽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 :21 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :9 ⁽⁵⁾

Ireland Search Data

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Criminal Law Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act 2019

Ireland | 2019

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Campaign: No Excuse

Ireland | 2019

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Workshop: “Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive – Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions"

Ireland | 2019

Type of Measure : Education > Formal education

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment, Sexual violence

Domestic Violence Act 2018

Ireland | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Child, early and forced marriage

Victims Services Consultative Fora

Ireland | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

Ireland | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Victims of Crime Act 2017

Ireland | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020

Ireland | 2017 | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Choices Programme: National Domestic Violence Intervention Programme

Ireland | 2017

Type of Measure : Perpetrators Programme

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence 2016-2021

Ireland | 2016 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Sexual 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.