Nepal

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :25 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 11.2

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available

Child Marriage :32.8

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 :113 ⁽²⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :96 ⁽³⁾

Nepal Search Data

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Victims of Crimes Protection Act 2018

Nepal | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Integrated Platform for Gender Based Violence Prevention and Response Project

Nepal | 2016

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 38 of the Constitution

Nepal | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 29 of the Constitution

Nepal | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 39 of the Constitution

Nepal | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 51 of the Constitution

Nepal | 2015

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

End Gender-Based Violence at School Campaign

Nepal | 2015

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Offence and Punishment) Act 2014

Nepal | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment

National Action Plan on the Implementation of Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820

Nepal | 2011 | 2016

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

Form of Violence : Forced pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls

Demographic and Health Survey 2011

Nepal | 2011

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

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women age 15-49 experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Ministry of Health - MOH/Nepal, New ERA/Nepal, and ICF. 2017. Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kathmandu, Nepal: MOH/Nepal, New ERA/Nepal, and ICF.

⁽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.