Global Database on Violence against Women
Vanuatu
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :60 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 44 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 33 % (3)
Child Marriage :21.4 % (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:
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :111 (5)
Vanuatu Search Data
1 - 10 of 15 ResultsTraining Guides for Health Care Professionals and Police by the Ministry of Health
| 2017
Type of Measure : Health > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Revisions to the Penal Code Amendment Act No 15 of 2016
| 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence, Other harmful practices
National Gender Equality Policy 2015-2019
Vanuatu | 2015 | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships
Vanuatu | 2011
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Awareness Programs or Campaigns on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Vanuatu | 2009 | 2012
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Family Protection Unit within the Vanuatu Police Force
Vanuatu | 2008
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Family Protection Act 2008
Vanuatu | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
National Development Strategy "Priorities and Action Agenda"
Vanuatu | 2006 | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
The Department of Women's Affairs
Vanuatu | 2003
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
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: Vanuatu Women’s Centre, 2011. The Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships. Port Vila, Vanuatu.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Vanuatu Women’s Centre, 2011. The Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships. Port Vila, Vanuatu.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Vanuatu Women’s Centre, 2011. The Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships. Port Vila, Vanuatu.
(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 Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.
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