Poland

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :13 % ⁽¹⁾

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

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 2 % ⁽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 :31 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :77 ⁽⁵⁾

Poland Search Data

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National Action Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings

Poland | 2011 | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Article 40 of the Constitution

Poland | 2009

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Action Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings

Poland | 2009 | 2010

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women, Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Article 72 of the Constitution

Poland | 2009

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Crisis Intervention Centres

Poland | 2008

Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Campaign: "Love, Don't Bite."/"Love. React"

Poland | 2008

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

National Awareness Raising in Contribution to Council of Europe Campaign

Poland | 2007

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Inter-Ministry Team Monitoring the Implementation of the National Program of Counteracting Domestic Violence

Poland | 2007

Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

National Social Campaign on Counteracting Family Violence

Poland | 2007

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

International Violence against Women Survey (IVAWS)

Poland | 2007

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual 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.