Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :61 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 9 % (2)

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

Child Marriage :1 % (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 :7 (4)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :49 (5)

Singapore Search Data

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Article 10 of the Constitution

| 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


International Violence against Women Survey

| 2013

Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Training of Peacekeepers or Troops on Overseas Missions

| 2012

Type of Measure : Work with public private sectors > Military

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Police Data on Cases of Violence against Women

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Administrative data > Police

Form of Violence : Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls


Training of Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Criminal Justice Division

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


White Ribbon Campaign

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Training of Officers of the Specialised Sexual Crimes Branch

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


Free Health Care for Indigents

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Guidelines for Prosecutors in Cases involving Serious Sexual Offenders

Singapore | 2012

Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


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(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Bouhours, B., Cheong, C.W., Bong, B. and Anderson, S., 2013. International Violence Against Women Survey: Final Report on Singapore.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Bouhours, B., Cheong, C.W., Bong, B. and Anderson, S., 2013. International Violence Against Women Survey: Final Report on Singapore.


(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.