Global Database on Violence against Women
Cyprus
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :15 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 3 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 2 % (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 :35 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :93 (5)
Cyprus Search Data
1 - 10 de 59 ResultsThird National Action Plan on Gender Equality 2019-2022
Cyprus | 2019 | 2022
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Women's House
Cyprus | 2019
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Bill on Criminalising Violence Against Women
Cyprus | 2019
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Strategy for the Prevention and Management of Violence in the Schools
Cyprus | 2018
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Code of Conduct to Prevent and Combat Sexual Harassment in the Public Sector
Cyprus | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Protocol on Risk Assessment of Intimate Partners Violence
Cyprus | 2018
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
National Action Plan for the Prevention and Handling of Family Violence 2017-2019
Cyprus | 2017 | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Grants-in-Aid Scheme for NGOs to provide Services for Survivors
Cyprus | 2017
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Referral Mechanism
Cyprus | 2016
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services
Form of Violence : Trafficking
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(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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