Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :19 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 6 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 1 % (3)
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 Inequality Index Rank :32 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :100 (5)
Greece | 2021
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Greece | 2009
Type of Measure : Social services > Psycho-social counselling, Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Trafficking
Greece | 2008
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Greece | 2008 | 2009
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines, Education > Formal education
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Greece | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Greece | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Greece | 2007 | 2009
Type of Measure : Police > Training, Education > Formal education
Form of Violence : Trafficking
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
(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.