Global Database on Violence against Women
Nicaragua
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :225 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 75 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :352 % (3)
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 :102 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :7 (5)
Nicaragua Search Data
1 - 10 de 26 ResultsMap of Violence Against Women in Nicaragua by Police
Nicaragua | 2016
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Police
Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide
Specialized Unit of Crimes against Gender Violence
Nicaragua | 2016
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Violence towards Women
Nicaragua | 2014
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Law No. 779: Comprehensive Law against Violence against Women
Nicaragua | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 40 of the Constitution
Nicaragua | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 36 of the Constitution
Nicaragua | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Article 34 of the Constitution
Nicaragua | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Ley Contra Violencia Hacia Las Mujeres
Nicaragua | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Femicide/Feminicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women
Nicaragua | 2012
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms, Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Modelo de Atención Integral para la Mujeres
Nicaragua | 2012
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery
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: Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo, Ministerio de Salud, 2014. Encuesta Nicaragüense de Demografia y Salud (ENDESA) 2011-2012. Managua, Nicaragua.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source:Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo, Ministerio de Salud, 2014. Encuesta Nicaragüense de Demografia y Salud (ENDESA) 2011-2012. Managua, Nicaragua.
(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) 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.
(5) 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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