Planning and Organizing the Production of Statistics on Violence against Women

1. Planning and Organizing the Production of Statistics on Violence against Women Social and Housing Statistics Section United Nations Statistics Division

2. Definition • Violence against women – broadly defined as physical, sexual, psychological and/or economic violence perpetuated on women as a consequence of unequal status of women and men in a society • Eradicating violence against women is a major concern of the United Nations

3. Sources of statistics Administrative • Police and crime statistics • Court statistics • Health statistics • Government agencies dealing with victims of violence • Community and NGO • Social services

4. Sources of statistics Administrative – issues • Non-reporting • Fear of perpetrator • Shame • Fear … • Ethical issues • Information on victim or perpetrator not collected • Partial coverage • Multiple counting

5. Sources of statistics • Violence against women statistical survey • Most reliable method • Flexible Dedicated Module

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11. Content of the survey • What is violence? • Physical • Sexual • Psychological • Economic • Prevalence • Percentage of women • Incidence • Number of occurrences

12. Content of the survey • Characteristics of the victim • Characteristics of the perpetrator • Characteristics of the violence • Circumstances • Consequences • Reporting

13. VaW surveys to date • National dedicated surveys (around 30 countries) • International Violence against Women Surveys (11 countries) • WHO Multi-country study (12 countries) • DHS module (at least 24 countries) • MICS module (at least 25 countries) • UN Regional Module (4 countries)

14. Scope of the methodological overview Analysis of 59 nationally representative surveys from 49 countries Dedicated surveys – 21 countries Dedicated module – 5 countries WHO-VaW methodology – 10+4 countries DHS methodology - 10 Other - 1

15. Findings Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence in the last 12 months by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

16. Findings Total and age specific rate of women subjected to physical violence during lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

17. Findings Total and age specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence in the last 12 months by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

18. Findings Total and age specific rate of women subjected to sexual violence during lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

19. Findings Total and age specific rate of women subjected to phusical or sexual violence in the past 12 months and during lifetime by severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrator and frequency

20. Review conclusions • Statistics for only one indicator – physical violence against women in their lifetime – available in 80% of surveys • Short classification of relationship to the perpetrator • Lack of the availability of total rates – requires further technical analysis • Clearly points to the need to establish methodological standards and develop as universal as possible classifications of violence, severity of violence, relationship to the perpetrators and frequency • Developing guidelines