Global Database on Violence against Women
Angola
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :35 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 26 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :30 % (3)
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 :117 (4)
Angola Search Data
1 - 10 de 27 ResultsDécret Présidentiel n° 26/13 du 8 mai 2013 (Règlement de la Loi contre la Violence Domestique)
Angola | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Plan Exécutif de la Lutte contre la Violence Domestique 2013‐1017
Angola | 2013 | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Presidential Decree No 124/13 of 28 August 2013 (Regulation of the Law on Domestic Violence)
Angola | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Réalisation de la Conférence sur la Violence Basée sur le Genre
Angola | 2012 | 2013
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
La Campagne "Tolérance zéro"
Angola | 2012
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
The Strategy for the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Children
Angola | 2011
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy, Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Loi n° 25/11 du 14 juin 2011 contre la Violence Domestique
Angola | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Law on Domestic Violence
Angola | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Article 36 of the Constitution
Angola | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 60 of the Constitution
Angola | 2010
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Ministério da Saúde (MINSA), Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) e ICF. 2017. Inquérito de Indicadores Múltiplos e de Saúde em Angola 2015-2016. Luanda, Angola e Rockville, Maryland, EUA: INE, MINSA, MINPLAN e ICF.
(2) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE), Ministério da Saúde (MINSA), Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) e ICF. 2017. Inquérito de Indicadores Múltiplos e de Saúde em Angola 2015-2016. Luanda, Angola e Rockville, Maryland, EUA: INE, MINSA, MINPLAN e ICF.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 2016.
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