Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :126 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 78 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :18 % (3)
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 Inequality Index Rank :84 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :45 (5)
Cabo Verde | 2018 | 2021
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Cabo Verde | 2018
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Services
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cabo Verde | 2018
Type of Measure : Perpetrators Programme
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cabo Verde | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Working with men and boys
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Cabo Verde | 2017
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Cabo Verde | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Cabo Verde | 2017
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cabo Verde | 2016
Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cabo Verde | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Cabo Verde | 2015
Type of Measure : Health > Training
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: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Cabo Verde], Ministério da Saúde, e Macro International, 2008. Segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva, Cabo Verde, IDSR-II, 2005. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INE
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Cabo Verde], Ministério da Saúde, e Macro International, 2008. Segundo Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva, Cabo Verde, IDSR-II, 2005. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INE
(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.