Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :40 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 19 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 6 % (3)
Child Marriage :6 % (4)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :152 (5)
Tonga | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Tonga | 2010
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Tonga | 2010
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Social Services, Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Social services > Psycho-social counselling
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Tonga | 2009
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Tonga | 2008
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Tonga | 2007
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Tonga | 2007
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Tonga | 1988
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(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: Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili, 2012. National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga 2009. Nuku‘alofa, Tonga.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili, 2012. National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga 2009. Nuku‘alofa, Tonga.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: Ma`a Fafine mo e Famili, 2012. National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga 2009. Nuku‘alofa, Tonga.
(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.