Global Database on Violence against Women
Iraq
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available
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 :279 % (1)
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :74 % (2)
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 :145 (3)
Iraq Search Data
1 - 10 de 22 ResultsNational Strategy to Combat Violence against Women 2018- 2030
Iraq | 2018 | 2030
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Strategy to Combat Violence against Women 2017-2027 (Kurdistan)
Iraq | 2017 | 2027
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Joint Action by Iraq and UN to Combat Sexual Violence
Iraq | 2016
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Social Protection Act 2014: Safe House
Iraq | 2014
Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation, Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Law Against Domestic Violence No 8 of 2011 (Kurdistan)
Iraq | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Legal Clinics for Victims/Survivors of Violence
Iraq | 2010
Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Other harmful practices, Violence against women and girls
High Commission for the Advancement of Iraqi Women
Iraq | 2010
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Data on Violence against Women
Iraq | 2010
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Hotlines
Iraq | 2010
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
"16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence" Campaign
Iraq | 2010
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) 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.
(2) Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. 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.
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