Côte D’Ivoire

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :259 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 22 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :27 % ⁽³⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :367 % ⁽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:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :155 ⁽⁵⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :133 ⁽⁶⁾

Côte D’Ivoire Search Data

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Law to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence, Rape, and Sexual Violence Other than Domestic Violence

Cote d Ivoire | 2021

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

A TRAC Survey Monitoring Female Genital Mutilation

Cote d Ivoire | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Toll-Free Hotline 1308

Cote d Ivoire | 2020

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Awareness Raising Campaign against Child Marriage

Cote d Ivoire | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

Article 5 of the 2016 Constitution

Cote d Ivoire | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

National Committee to End Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Cote d Ivoire | 2016

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Legal Clinics to Support the Most Vulnerable People

Cote d Ivoire | 2015

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Le Comité National de lutte contre les Violences Basées sur le Genre

Cote d Ivoire | 2014

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Le Document de Strategie Nationale de Lutte contre les Violences Basees sur le Genre

Cote d Ivoire | 2013

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Le Projet de « Restauration des Droits des Femmes victimes de violences sexuelles lors de la crise postélectorale »

Cote d Ivoire | 2012 | 2013

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment, Sexual violence

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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: Institut National de la Statistique (INS) et ICF International, 2012. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples de Côte d’Ivoire 2011-2012. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INS 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: Institut National de la Statistique (INS) et ICF International, 2012. Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples de Côte d’Ivoire 2011-2012. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INS et ICF International.

⁽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⁾ Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽⁵⁾ 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.

⁽⁶⁾ 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.