Ukraine

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :26 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 7.6 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 5 % ⁽³⁾

Child Marriage :9.1 % ⁽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 :49 ⁽⁵⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :81 ⁽⁶⁾

Ukraine Search Data

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Procedure for Conducting and Documenting the Results of Medical Examination of Domestic Violence Victims

Ukraine | 2019

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Inter-Departmental Working Group on the Realization of the Law on Combating Domestic Violence

Ukraine | 2018

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Law: Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence

Ukraine | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Hotline to Prevent Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and Gender Discrimination

Ukraine | 2017

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Trafficking

Amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes

Ukraine | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

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

Community-based Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence

Ukraine | 2016

Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Realization of Women's Rights in Childbirth

Ukraine | 2015

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Mobile Brigades for Social and Psychological Assistance to Victims of Violence

Ukraine | 2015

Type of Measure : Social services > Psycho-social counselling

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Break the Circle Campaign

Ukraine | 2015

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Article 43 of the Constitution

Ukraine | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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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 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.