Angola

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :348 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 259 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :303 % ⁽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:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :136 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :125 ⁽⁵⁾

Angola Search Data

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SDGs Baseline Indicators Report

Angola | 2018

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Booklet: Women's Rights, Angola Commitments at National and International Level

Angola | 2018

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Notebook on Statistical Data on Domestic Violence

Angola | 2015

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Hotline: SOS Domestic Violence

Angola | 2015

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Décret 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

Presidential Decree No. 165/13 of 2013

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

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⁽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, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽⁴⁾ 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.

⁽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.