Global Database on Violence against Women
India
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :29.3
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 24 % (1)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :27.3
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 :122 (2)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :135 (3)
India Search Data
1 - 10 de 106 ResultsIndia 2019-21 National Family Health Survey
India | 2019 | 2021
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences
India | 2019
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Police
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018
India | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
National Database on Sexual Offenders
India | 2018
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Central Cybercrime Reporting Portal
India | 2018
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Referral services
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Central Victim Compensation Fund
India | 2016
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Rights of Persons with Disability Act 2016
India | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
One Stop Centers
India | 2015
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers, Social services > Psycho-social counselling, Social services > Hotline/Helpline, Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Victim Compensation Scheme
India | 2015
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation, Violence against women > Regulations
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21: India. Mumbai: IIPS.
(2) 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.
(3) 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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