Global Database on Violence against Women
Fiji
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :64 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 24 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 9 % (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 :75 (4)
Fiji Search Data
1 - 10 of 10 ResultsSection 10 of the Constitution
Fiji | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Section 11 of the Constitution
Fiji | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Section 41 of the Constitution
Fiji | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Ministry of Social Welfare, Women, and Poverty Alleviation
Fiji | 2012
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Research on Women's Health and Life Experiences in Fiji (2010/2011)
Fiji | 2010 | 2011
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Zero Tolerance Violence Free Communities to Address Violence Against Women
Fiji | 2010
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms, Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Law
Fiji | 2009
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Women's Plan of Action
Fiji | 2009 | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
An Assessment of the State of Violence against Women
Fiji | 2008
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking
Family Law Act
Fiji | 2003
Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Family law
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, 2013. National Research on Women's Health and Life Experiences in Fiji (2010/11): A Survey Exploring the Prevalence, Incidence and Attitutes to Intimate Partner Violence in Fiji. Suva, Fiji.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, 2013. National Research on Women's Health and Life Experiences in Fiji (2010/11): A Survey Exploring the Prevalence, Incidence and Attitutes to Intimate Partner Violence in Fiji. Suva, Fiji.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18–64 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Fiji Women's Crisis Centre, 2013. National Research on Women's Health and Life Experiences in Fiji (2010/11): A Survey Exploring the Prevalence, Incidence and Attitutes to Intimate Partner Violence in Fiji. Suva, Fiji.
(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 2016.
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