Maldives

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :163 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 56 % ⁽²⁾

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

Child Marriage :22 % ⁽³⁾

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting :129 % ⁽⁴⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

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 :83 ⁽⁵⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :117 ⁽⁶⁾

Maldives Search Data

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National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan 2020-2022

Maldives | 2020 | 2022

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Trafficking

National Anti-Trafficking Action Plan 2015-2019

Maldives | 2015 | 2019

Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women

Form of Violence : Trafficking

Sexual Harassment Prevention Act

Maldives | 2014

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment

Human Trafficking Act

Maldives | 2013

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking

The Public Health Protection Act

Maldives | 2012

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

The Domestic Violence Prevention Act

Maldives | 2012

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Special Provisions Act to Deal with Child Sex Abuse Offenders

Maldives | 2009

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence

Article 35 of the Constitution

Maldives | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 25 of the Constitution

Maldives | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Article 54 of the Constitution

Maldives | 2008

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Constitutional provision

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Ministry of Health - MOH/Maldives and ICF. 2018. Maldives Demographic and Health Survey 2016-17. Malé, Maldives, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: MOH and ICF.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-married women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Ministry of Health - MOH/Maldives and ICF. 2018. Maldives Demographic and Health Survey 2016-17. Malé, Maldives, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: MOH and ICF.

⁽³⁾ 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.

⁽⁴⁾ Percentage of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years who have undergone FGM/C. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.

⁽⁵⁾ 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.

⁽⁶⁾ 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.