Outcome
Process
Structural
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Domestic violence
Violence at work, forced labour
and trafficking
Community violence and abuse by
law enforcement officials
Violence and (post-)conflict
and emergency situations
• Date of entry into force and coverage
of legislation criminalizing marital rape
and incest
• Date of entry into force and coverage
of legislation protecting gender equality
and women’s ability to leave abusive
relationships (e.g., equal inheritance,
asset ownership, divorce)
• Time frame and coverage of policy or
programme against sexual harassment
in the workplace
• Time frame and coverage of policy to
combat trafficking, sexual exploitation
and forced labour and provide
protection and access to remedy for
victims
• Date of entry into force and coverage of
legislation defining rape in relation to a
lack of consent rather than use of force
• Time frame and coverage of policy to
combat community violence and abuse by
police forces
• Time frame and coverage of
policy or programme to prevent or
address sexual violence in conflict,
post-conflict or emergency situations
• Time frame and coverage of special
measures for participation of
women in peace processes
• Proportion of women who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence
by current or former partner in the past
12 months / during lifetime**
• Proportion of women subjected to
psychological and/or economic
violence by their intimate partner**
• Proportion of women subjected to
female genital mutilation**
• Sex ratio at birth and age 5–9 years
• Maternal mortality ratio* and proportion of deaths due to unsafe abortions
• Reported cases of women/men
victims of trafficking (within and across
countries), sexual exploitation or forced
labour
• Proportion of working women who
have been victims of sexual abuse/
harassment in the workplace
• Proportion of and frequency of business
organizations inspected for conformity
with labour standards
• Proportion of migrants working in the
sex industry
• Proportion of informal sector workers
(e.g., domestic workers) shifted to
formal sector employment
• Proportion of women/men who report feeling unsafe in public places or limiting their
activities because of safety or harassment
• Proportion of women who have experienced physical violence or rape / sexual
assault during the past year [lifetime]**
• Proportion of new recruits to police,
social work, psychology, health (doctors,
nurses and others), education (teachers)
completing a core curriculum on all forms of
violence against women
• Proportion of victims of rape who had
access to emergency contraception or safe
abortion, prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections/HIV
• Proportion of sexual crimes (e.g., rape)
reported to the police (population survey)
• Proportion of formal investigations of law
enforcement officials for cases of violence
against women resulting in disciplinary
action or prosecution
• Reported cases of death, rape
(attempted or completed) and other
incidents of violence against women
that occurred in conflict,
post-conflict or emergency situations
• Proportion of health staff trained in
medical management and support
for victims of sexual and other
violence
• Proportion of victims of sexual and
other violence accessing
appropriate medical, psychosocial
and legal services
• Proportion of reported cases of
sexual or other violence where
victims (or related third parties)
initiated legal action
• Proportion of expenditure on relief
and emergency assistance devoted
to women and child welfare
* MDG-related indicators
** UNECE indicator
All indicators should be disaggregated by prohibited grounds of discrimination, as applicable and reflected in metadata sheets
• Femicide rates (e.g., murder by intimate partner, sexual murder, killing of prostitutes, honour killing, female infanticide, dowry deaths)
• Proportion of women who have experienced physical, sexual and psychological violence during the past year [lifetime], by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency**
• Proportion of victim-survivors of physical, sexual or mental violence, included trafficking and forced labour, who received assistance, compensation and rehabilitation services
• Suicide rates by sex
• Proportion of women reporting forms of
domestic violence to law enforcement
officials or initiating legal action
• Number of available places in shelters
and refuges per 1000 population
(urban and rural)
• Number of adopted restraining orders
• Proportion of men and women who
think that abuse or violence against
women is acceptable or tolerable
• Proportion of women of reproductive
age using or whose partner is using
contraception and effective preventive
measures against sexually transmitted
diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS)*
• Unmet need for family planning*
• Number of safe and unsafe abortions
per 1,000 women of reproductive age
• Proportion of women whose age at
marriage is below 18 years**
• Proportion of managerial and other
leader positions (e.g., religious leader)
occupied by women
• Proportion of received complaints on all forms of violence against women investigated and adjudicated by the national human rights institution, human rights ombudsperson or other mechanisms and the proportion of these
responded to effectively by the Government
• Proportion of public social sector expenditure on national awareness-raising campaign on all forms of violence against women (including harmful traditional practices) and on national prevention programme integrated into
school curriculum
• Number of perpetrators of violence against women (including harmful traditional practices, domestic violence, trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labour) arrested, adjudicated, convicted and serving sentences
(by type of sentence)
• Time frame and coverage of policy to
eliminate harmful traditional practices,
including female genital mutilation,
early or forced marriage, honour
killing or maiming and foetal sex
determination
• Legally stipulated minimum age for
marriage
• International human rights treaties relevant to the elimination of discrimination against women, including all forms of violence against women, ratified by the State without reservations
• Date of entry into force and coverage of the principle of non-discrimination between men and women and prohibition of all forms of violence against women in the constitution or other forms of superior law
• Date of entry into force and coverage of domestic law(s) criminalizing violence against women, including rape, domestic violence, trafficking, traditional harmful practices, stalking and sexual abuse of children
• Date of entry into force and coverage of legal act instituting an independent oversight body with specific mandate to protect women against violence (e.g., accredited NHRI)
• Time frame and coverage of policy or action plan for the elimination of discrimination and all forms of violence against women and including data collection and dissemination programme
• Number of registered or active NGOs and full-time equivalent employment (per 100,000 persons) involved in the protection of women against violence
Sexual and reproductive
health and harmful traditional
practices
Illustrative indicators on violence against women (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, arts. 1-5 and 16)
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