Global Database on Violence against Women
Mexico
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :246 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 75 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 476 % (3)
Child Marriage :207 % (4)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
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 :75 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :31 (6)
Mexico Search Data
1 - 10 de 71 ResultsComprehensive Program to Prevent, Address, Sanction, and Erradicate Violence against Women 2021-2024
Mexico | 2021 | 2024
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Emerging Action Plan to Guarantee the Integrity, Safety and Life of Women and Girls in Mexico
Mexico | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Agreement for the Life and Security of Women
Mexico | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law for Women to Access a Life Free of Violence in Mexico City
Mexico | 2019
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Guide: Eradicating Violence against Women in the Media
Mexico | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Booklet: Circle of Violence in Mixtec, Nahuatl, Otomi and Tlapaneca
Mexico | 2018
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Booklet: Challenges and Opportunities in the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women in Mexico
Mexico | 2018
Type of Measure : Education > Non-formal education
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Study: Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Indigenous Areas in Mexico
Mexico | 2017
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Survey on Dynamics of Household Relations
Mexico | 2016
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
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: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from: El Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinamica de las Relaciones en los Hogares, 2016.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: El Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinamica de las Relaciones en los Hogares (ENDIREH), 2021.
(3) Proportion of women age 15+ years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: El Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinamica de las Relaciones en los Hogares (ENDIREH), 2021.
(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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