Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :17 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 3.4 % (2)

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 2 % (3)

Child Marriage :5.5 % (4)

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 :36 (5)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :23 (6)

Serbia Search Data

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National Strategy for the Prevention and Combating of Gender-Based Violence against Women and Domestic Violence 2021-2025

Serbia | 2021 | 2025

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Media Campaign "Childhood, Not Marriage"

Serbia | 2021

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage


Improved Safety for Women in Serbia Project

Serbia | 2019

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Law on Free Legal Aid

Serbia | 2019

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence



National Helplines for Women

Serbia | 2018

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence 2017

Serbia | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Trainings on Increasing Access to Justice for Victims of Violence and Trafficking

Serbia | 2017 | 2018

Type of Measure : Health > Training, Justice > Training, Police > Training

Form of Violence : Trafficking, Violence against women and girls


Working Group for Combating Violence Against Women

Serbia | 2017

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Turn off the Violence Campaign

Serbia | 2016

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


1 - 10 of 38 Results

(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime since age 15. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(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 since age 15. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(4) 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.


(5) 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.


(6) 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.