Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :293 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 24 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :273 % (3)

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 :122 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :135 (5)

India Search Data

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India 2019-21 National Family Health Survey

India | 2019 | 2021

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences

India | 2019

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Police

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018

India | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


National Database on Sexual Offenders

India | 2018

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Central Cybercrime Reporting Portal

India | 2018

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Guideline: Medico Legal Care for Survivors/Victims of Sexual Violence

India | 2016

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Central Victim Compensation Fund

India | 2016

Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2016

India | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


One Stop Centers

India | 2015

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers, Social services > Psycho-social counselling, Social services > Hotline/Helpline, Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Victim Compensation Scheme

India | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


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(1) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21: India. Mumbai: IIPS.


(2) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21: India. Mumbai: IIPS.


(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.