Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :10 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 31 % (2)

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 2 % (3)

Child Marriage :75 % (4)

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 :37 (5)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :69 (6)

North Macedonia (Republic of) Search Data

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Gender Equality Strategy 2013-2020 and National Action Plan for Gender Equality 2018-2020

North Macedonia Republic of | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Law on International and Temporary Protection 2018

North Macedonia Republic of | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Memorandum of Understanding for Combating Trafficking

North Macedonia Republic of | 2018

Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Council of Europe Convention for Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence

North Macedonia Republic of | 2018 | 2023

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls


Law on Social Protection (Amendment) 2018

North Macedonia Republic of | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Coordination Body against Domestic Violence

North Macedonia Republic of | 2017

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Trainings and Manuals produced by the Ministry of Interior on Gender-Based Violence

North Macedonia Republic of | 2017 | 2018

Type of Measure : Police > Training

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


National Strategy and National Action Plan for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Illegal Migration 2017-2020

North Macedonia Republic of | 2017 | 2020

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Strategy for Roma 2016-2020

North Macedonia Republic of | 2016 | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Specialized Trainings for the Clinical Management of Rape

North Macedonia Republic of | 2016

Type of Measure : Health > Training

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


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(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime since age 15. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(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 since age 15. Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2019. OESCE-led Survey on Violence against Women: Main Report. Vienna, Austria: OSCE Secretariat.


(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.