Global Database on Violence against Women
North Macedonia (Republic of)
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
1 - 10 de 50 ResultsGender 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
(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.
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