Global Database on Violence against Women
Solomon Islands
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :635 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 418 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 18 % (3)
Child Marriage :213 % (4)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Solomon Islands Search Data
1 - 10 de 25 ResultsDomestic Violence Counselling Framework
Solomon Islands | 2019
Type of Measure : Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Safe Families Program
Solomon Islands | 2019 | 2022
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence
Research: Community Health and Mobility in the Pacific-Solomon Islands Case Study
Solomon Islands | 2019
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Research: Stretim, Attitudes and Communication about Violence Against Women and Girls in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands | 2017 | 2018
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Child and Family Welfare Act 2017
Solomon Islands | 2017
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Policy on the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2016-2020
Solomon Islands | 2016 | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Penal Code (Amendment) (Sexual Offences) Act 2016
Solomon Islands | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Family Protection Bill (Domestic Violence)
Solomon Islands | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Section 6 of the Constitution
Solomon Islands | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Section 7 of the Constitution
Solomon Islands | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(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: Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 2009. Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study: A study on violence against women and children. Noumea, New Caledonia.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 2009. Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study: A study on violence against women and children. Noumea, New Caledonia.
(3) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Community, 2009. Solomon Islands Family Health and Safety Study: A study on violence against women and children. Noumea, New Caledonia.
(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.
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