Global Database on Violence against Women
Samoa
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :46 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 22 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 11 % (3)
Child Marriage :11 % (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 :97 (5)
Samoa Search Data
1 - 10 of 29 ResultsSamoa Victim Support 24-Hour Hotline
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Public Service Day
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
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
Teen Mums Pilot Program
| 2013
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Section 8 of the Constitution
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
16 Days of Activism for Ending Gender Based Violence
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Section 7 of the Constitution
Samoa | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act
Samoa | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Policy for Women of Samoa
Samoa | 2010 | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence
Updating The Crimes Ordinance 1961 Act to Penalize Violence against Women
Samoa | 2009
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
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: Secretariat of the Pacific, 2006. The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study. Noumea, New Caledonia; & Garcia-Moreno, C., Jansen, H., Ellsberg, M., Heise, L. and Watts, C., 2005. WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women. Geneva: WHO.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Secretariat of the Pacific, 2006. The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study. Noumea, New Caledonia; & Garcia-Moreno, C., Jansen, H., Ellsberg, M., Heise, L. and Watts, C., 2005. WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women. Geneva: WHO.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Secretariat of the Pacific, 2006. The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study. Noumea, New Caledonia; & Garcia-Moreno, C., Jansen, H., Ellsberg, M., Heise, L. and Watts, C., 2005. WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women. Geneva: WHO.
(4) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (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 2016.
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