Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :391 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 209 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :537 % (3)

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :886 % (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 :141 (6)

Mali Search Data

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Action Plan to End Sexual Violence during Conflicts

Mali | 2022 | 2024

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

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


National Programme for the Abandonment of Gender-based Violence

Mali | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


National Communication Strategy to End GBV

Mali | 2019 | 2030

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Sexual violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Child, early and forced marriage


Gender-Based Violence Action Plan of the National Police

Mali | 2018 | 2020

Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Mali 2018

Mali | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Circular Letter from the Minister of Justice on GBV Cases

Mali | 2016

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Ligne verte VBG

Mali | 2014

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Administrative Data on Gender-Based Violence

Mali | 2012 | 2017

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Health, Administrative data > Justice, Administrative data > Police, Administrative data > Social Services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Enquête Démographique et de Santé (EDSM-V)

Mali | 2012 | 2013

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


 Enquête Démographique et de Santé (des indicateurs des VBG)

Mali | 2012 | 2013

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)


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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 (INSTAT), Cellule de Planification et de Statistique Secteur Santé-Développement Social et Promotion de la Famille (CPS/SS-DS-PF) et ICF. 2019. Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Mali 2018. Bamako, Mali et Rockville, Maryland, USA: INSTAT, CPS/SS-DS-PF et ICF.


(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 (INSTAT), Cellule de Planification et de Statistique Secteur Santé-Développement Social et Promotion de la Famille (CPS/SS-DS-PF) et ICF. 2019. Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Mali 2018. Bamako, Mali et Rockville, Maryland, USA: INSTAT, CPS/SS-DS-PF et ICF.


(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.