Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :375 % (1)

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 268 % (2)

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 97 % (3)

Child Marriage :74 % (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 :99 (5)

Samoa Search Data

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The Samoa Demographic and Health - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (Samoa DHS-MICS) 2019-20

Samoa | 2019 | 2020

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


National Security Policy

Samoa | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Samoa Family Safety Study 2017

Samoa | 2017

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Policy Guideline for Trafficking in Human Beings and Smuggling of Immigrants

Samoa | 2017

Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Trafficking


National Policy for Gender Equality 2016-2021

Samoa | 2016 | 2021

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


National Inquiry into Family Violence

Samoa | 2016 | 2018

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

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Samoa Women Shaping Development Programme 2015

Samoa | 2015

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Samoa Victim Support 24-Hour Hotline

Samoa | 2013

Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Domestic Violence Bill/ Family Safety Act

Samoa | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Public Service Day

Samoa | 2013

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

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: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.


(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.


(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2021. Samoa Demographic and Health – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Apia, Samoa: Samoa Bureau of Statistics.


(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.