Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available

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

Child Marriage :515 % (1)

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Gender Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :150 (2)

South Sudan Search Data

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Training Manual on the Investigation and Prosecution of Cases related to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

South Sudan | 2017

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Labour Act 2017

South Sudan | 2017

Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Policy on the Protection and Care of Children without Appropriate Parental Care

South Sudan | 2017

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Joint Communiqué with the UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict

South Sudan | 2014

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Standard Operating Procedures for Gender Based Violence Prevention Protection and Response in South Sudan

South Sudan | 2014

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


National Action Plan for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325

South Sudan | 2013

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


National Gender Policy

South Sudan | 2012

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Article 11 of the Transitional Constitution

South Sudan | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Section 15 of The Transitional Constitution (Right to Found a Family)

South Sudan | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Article 40 of the Transitional Constitution

South Sudan | 2011

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


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(1) 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.


(2) 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.