Global Database on Violence against Women
Afghanistan
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :51 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 46 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :35 % (3)
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)
Gender Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :154 (4)
Afghanistan Search Data
1 - 4 de 4 ResultsAfghanistan National Development Strategy
Afghanistan | 2008 | 2013
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan
Afghanistan | 2007 | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Child, early and forced marriage, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls
National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan (Eliminating Women-directed Violence in Public and Private Spaces)
Afghanistan | 2007 | 2017
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Afghan Government's Action Plan for Peace, Reconciliation and Justice
Afghanistan | 2005
Type of Measure : Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan/strategy
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: Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), and ICF. 2017. Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015. Kabul, Afghanistan: Central Statistics Organization.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Central Statistics Organization (CSO), Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), and ICF. 2017. Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015. Kabul, Afghanistan: Central Statistics Organization.
(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
(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 2016.
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