United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :29 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 5 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 7 % ⁽³⁾

Child Marriage :0.05 % ⁽⁴⁾

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 ⁽⁵⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :23 ⁽⁶⁾

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Search Data

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Domestic Abuse Bill

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2019

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

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

Campaign: Disrespect NoBody

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

National Strategy for Preventing and Eradicating Violence Against Girls and Equally Safe Delivery Plan (Scotland)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2017

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Strategy to End Violence against Women and Girls 2016-2020

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2016 | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Violence Against Women and Girls National Statement of Expectations

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2016

Type of Measure : Education > Non-formal education

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) 2016-2021

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2016 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls

Stopping Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse in Northern Ireland Strategy

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2016

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

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

National Action Plan to Prevent and Eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2016 | 2020

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

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

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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⁾ 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 2020.

⁽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 2021.