Global Database on Violence against Women
Marshall Islands
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :50.9 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 18.2 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 13 % (3)
Child Marriage :26.3 % (4)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Marshall Islands Search Data
1 - 10 of 16 ResultsDomestic Prevention and Protection Act 2018 (Amended)
Marshall Islands | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Prohibition of Trafficking In Human Persons Act 2017
Marshall Islands | 2017
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Place of Life Project: Provision of Services to Survivors
Marshall Islands | 2016
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Trafficking
Child Rights Protection Act 2015
Marshall Islands | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Republic of the Marshall Islands National Study on Family Health and Safety
Marshall Islands | 2014
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Police Department Capacity Building to Appropriately Respond to Domestic Violence
Marshall Islands | 2012
Type of Measure : Police > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Task Force
Marshall Islands | 2012
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Wa Kuk Wa Jimor - Mobile Team Awareness Raising Project
Marshall Islands | 2012
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 251 of the Criminal Code Revisions Prohibiting Trafficking in Persons
Marshall Islands | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Henrica A.F.M. Jansen and Brooke Takala Abraham, 2014. Republic of the Marshall Islands National Study on Family Health and Safety. Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Henrica A.F.M. Jansen and Brooke Takala Abraham, 2014. Republic of the Marshall Islands National Study on Family Health and Safety. Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–64 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Henrica A.F.M. Jansen and Brooke Takala Abraham, 2014. Republic of the Marshall Islands National Study on Family Health and Safety. Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
(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.
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