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

1 - 10 de 20 Results

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


1 - 10 de 20 Results

(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.