Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :222 % (1)
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 :335 % (2)
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 Inequality Index Rank :86 (3)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :95 (4)
Belize | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010
Type of Measure : Social services > Psycho-social counselling
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010
Type of Measure : Health > Training, Justice > Training, Police > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010
Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010 | 2013
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010
Type of Measure : Prevention > Working with men and boys
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Belize | 2010
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Belize | 2008 | 2010
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. From: Young R, Macfarlane V. 2016. Family and Community Safety with Emphasis on the Situtation of Gender-based Violence in Belize: Belize Public Health Survey 2015, Final Report. Belize: Belize Institute for Local Development.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.