Comoros

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :64 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 49 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 15 % ⁽³⁾

Child Marriage :316 % ⁽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 :134 ⁽⁵⁾

Comoros Search Data

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Qualitative Study on Violence against Women and Children

Comoros | 2018

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Roadmap to Combat Violence against Women and Minors

Comoros | 2017 | 2019

Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Law No. 14-36/AU of 22/12/2014 on the Prevention and Repression of Violence against Women

Comoros | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

The Group on Follow-up to the Commitments of the Government relating to Human Trafficking

Comoros | 2013

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Trafficking

National Round Tables on Sexual and all other forms of Violence

Comoros | 2012

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples (EDSC-MICS II) 2012

Comoros | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Le Commissariat Général en charge de la Solidarité et de la Promotion du Genre (CGG)

Comoros | 2011

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Promoting Gender Equity through the Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper

Comoros | 2009

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Ratio of Women Subjected to Verbal, Physical or Sexual Violence

Comoros | 2009

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls

The National Policy on Gender Equality and Equity

Comoros | 2008

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽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: Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Prospective (DGSP) et ICF International, 2014. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples aux Comores 2012. Rockville, MD 20850, USA : DGSP et ICF International.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Prospective (DGSP) et ICF International, 2014. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples aux Comores 2012. Rockville, MD 20850, USA : DGSP et ICF International.

⁽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: Direction Générale de la Statistique et de la Prospective (DGSP) et ICF International, 2014. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples aux Comores 2012. Rockville, MD 20850, USA : DGSP et ICF International.

⁽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.