Global Database on Violence against Women
Samoa
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :37.5 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 26.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 9.7 % (3)
Child Marriage :7.4 % (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 :99 (5)
Samoa Search Data
1 - 10 of 36 ResultsThe Samoa Demographic and Health - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (Samoa DHS-MICS) 2019-20
Samoa | 2019 | 2020
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Security Policy
Samoa | 2018
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Samoa Family Safety Study 2017
Samoa | 2017
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
National Policy for Gender Equality 2016-2021
Samoa | 2016 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Inquiry into Family Violence
Samoa | 2016 | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Samoa Women Shaping Development Programme 2015
Samoa | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Samoa Victim Support 24-Hour Hotline
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Bill/ Family Safety Act
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Public Service Day
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.
(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.
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