Global Database on Violence against Women
Gabon
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :486 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 315 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 5 % (3)
Child Marriage :219 % (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 :140 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :121 (6)
Gabon Search Data
1 - 10 de 23 ResultsEnquête Démographique et de Santé 2012
Gabon | 2012
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Enquête Nationale sur les Violences à l’égard des Femmes
Gabon | 2011 | 2012
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Capacity-Building Seminar (Women and the Law)
Gabon | 2010
Type of Measure : Justice > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Etude sur les Violences Faites aux Enfants
Gabon | 2010
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Formation de 180 Acteurs
Gabon | 2010 | 2013
Type of Measure : Health > Training, Justice > Training, Police > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Stratégie Nationale d’Egalité et d’Equité du Genre (SNEEG)
Gabon | 2010
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Training to Public Administration
Gabon | 2009
Type of Measure : Justice > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Loi n°38/2008 du 29 janvier 2009 (Lutte et Prévention Contre les Mutilations Génitales Féminines)
Gabon | 2009
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
The National Support Centre for Womens Organizations in Gabon
Gabon | 2008
Type of Measure : Justice > Training
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Cellule d’écoute au sein du Ministère en charge de la Famille
Gabon | 2007
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
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 (DGS) et ICF International, 2013. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Gabon 2012. Calverton, Maryland, et Libreville, Gabon: DGS 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 (DGS) et ICF International, 2013. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Gabon 2012. Calverton, Maryland, et Libreville, Gabon: DGS 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 (DGS) et ICF International, 2013. Enquête Démographique et de Santé du Gabon 2012. Calverton, Maryland, et Libreville, Gabon: DGS 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 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.
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