Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :50.8
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 46.1
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :28.3
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 Inequality Index Rank :157 (1)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :156 (2)
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
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
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
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) 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 2020.
(2) 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 2021.