Lao People’s Democratic Republic

⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Lao PDR, 2015. Lao National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experiences 2014 - A Study on Violence against Women.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Lao PDR, 2015. Lao National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experiences 2014 - A Study on Violence against Women.

⁽³⁾ Proportion of women aged 15–64 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Lao PDR, 2015. Lao National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experiences 2014 - A Study on Violence against Women.

⁽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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