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 :51 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 18 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 13 % (3)
Child Marriage :26 % (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 12 ResultsRepublic 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
The Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act
Marshall Islands | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Child Protection Baseline Research
Marshall Islands | 2010
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Other harmful practices
Republic of Marshall Islands Statistic Department Survey on Violence Against Women
Marshall Islands | 2007
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
A Situation Analysis of Children Youth and Women
Marshall Islands | 2003
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(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 2017, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
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