Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :173 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 11 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :16 % (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 :125 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :106 (5)

Myanmar Search Data

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Penal Code Amendment (Child Marriage)

Myanmar | 2019

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage


Safe and Fair Programme

Myanmar | 2018 | 2022

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Trafficking


Joint Communique between the Government of Myanmar and UN

Myanmar | 2018

Type of Measure : Justice > Training

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Service Provision for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Myanmar

Myanmar | 2018

Type of Measure : Services > Mapping of all services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Technical Working Group on Violence Against Women and Girls

Myanmar | 2017

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


One Stop Women Support Centers

Myanmar | 2016

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers, Social services > Psycho-social counselling

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


iWomen Inspiring Women Application to Raise GBV Awareness

Myanmar | 2015

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Violence Against Women Prevention and Response Services and Access in Myanmar

Myanmar | 2015

Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Services

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016

Myanmar | 2015 | 2016

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


National Strategic Action Plan for the Advancement of Women

Myanmar | 2013

Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


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(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:Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) and ICF. 2017. Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, and Rockville, Maryland USA: Ministry of Health and Sports and ICF.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) and ICF. 2017. Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, and Rockville, Maryland USA: Ministry of Health and Sports and ICF.


(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.