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)
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :134 (5)
Comoros | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2017 | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2012
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2012
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2011
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Comoros | 2009
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
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
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) 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.