Uganda

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :499 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 299 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :34 % ⁽³⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :3 % ⁽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 :131 ⁽⁵⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :61 ⁽⁶⁾

Uganda Search Data

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Uganda Violence Against Children and Youth Survey

Uganda | 2018

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against children survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Multi-Sectoral Coordination Framework for the Adolescent Girls

Uganda | 2017 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Policy and Action Plan on Elimination of Gender-Based Violence

Uganda | 2016 | 2022

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Community Policing

Uganda | 2016

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms, Prevention > Community mobilization

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

The National Development Plan

Uganda | 2015 | 2019

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

National Strategy to End Child Marriage and Teenage Pregnancy

Uganda | 2015 | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage

Regional Training Facility on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Uganda | 2014

Type of Measure : Health > Training, Justice > Training, Police > Training

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Male Involvement Strategy

Uganda | 2014

Type of Measure : Prevention > Working with men and boys

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Clinical Guidelines for Management of SGBV Survivors

Uganda | 2012

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Employment Sexual Harassment Regulation

Uganda | 2012

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

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment

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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: Uganda Bureau of Statistics - UBOS and ICF. 2018. Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kampala, Uganda and Rockville, Maryland, USA: UBOS and 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: Uganda Bureau of Statistics - UBOS and ICF. 2018. Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kampala, Uganda and Rockville, Maryland, USA: UBOS and 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.