Knowledge Hub

The Knowledge Hub provides links to resources supporting the measurement of violence against women and has been funded under the Pacific Spotlight Initiative. While starting with a primary focus on Pacific resources and global resources which are applicable for the Pacific region, the Knowledge Hub will continue under the UNFPA kNOwVAWdata initiative to support global knowledge exchange and a strong community of practice. The strength of this Knowledge Hub is the opportunity to share resources and support all regions of the globe.

If you would like to share links to be added to the Knowledge Hub, please send them to knowvaw-program@unimelb.edu.au.

Violence Against Women: An EU-wide Survey – Main Results

Violence Against Women: An EU-wide Survey – Main Results

This report is based on interviews with 42,000 women across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The survey asked women about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence (‘domestic violence’), and also asked about stalking, sexual harassment, and the role played by new technologies in women’s experiences of abuse. In addition, it asked about their experiences of violence in childhood.

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Violence Against Women: An EU-wide Survey – Survey methodology, sample and fieldwork (Technical Report)

Violence Against Women: An EU-wide Survey – Survey methodology, sample and fieldwork (Technical Report)

This report presents a detailed overview of the research methods used by FRA when collecting survey data on women’s personal experiences of various forms of violence. FRA started to develop the survey through desk research and stakeholder consultations in 2010, followed by a pre-test study in six EU Member States in 2011 to test a draft questionnaire. The full-scale survey in the EU-28 was carried out in 2012.

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The 2016-18 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey

The 2016-18 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey

The 2016-18 PNG DHS included a module of questions on domestic violence that was administered in the subsample of households selected for the men’s survey. In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on ethical collection of information on domestic violence, only one eligible woman per household was randomly selected for the module, and the module was not implemented if privacy could not be obtained (WHO 2001). In total, 4,873 women completed the module. One percent of...

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Nauru Family Health and Support Study

Nauru Family Health and Support Study

The Nauru Family Health and Support Study aimed at obtaining reliable information on violence against women (VAW), its characteristics, and consequences. Although the study initially sought to collect a nationally representative sample of women aged 15-64, due to a low response rate, its findings are derived from a reduced sample of eligible women in a small group of districts. The findings of this exploratory study, however, provide a preliminary understanding around VAW in the country and...

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Federated States of Micronesia Family Health and Safety Study

Federated States of Micronesia Family Health and Safety Study

The FSM Family Health and Safety Study (FHSS) aimed to gauge the prevalence and types of violence against women (VAW) in the FSM. The study also sought to document the associations between partner violence and the wellbeing of the woman and her children, as well as to identify risk and protective factors for partner violence.

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UN Multi Country Study on Men and Violence

UN Multi Country Study on Men and Violence

A UN study of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific found that overall nearly half of those men interviewed reported using physical and/or sexual violence against a female partner, ranging from 26 percent to 80 percent across the sites studied.

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Samoa Family Health and Safety Study

Samoa Family Health and Safety Study

The Samoa Family Health and Safety Study (SFHSS) is a component of the larger Pacific Multi-site Study of the Effects of Violence Against Women on Family Health and Safety, which is a joint research initiative of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

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National Study on Domestic Violence on Women in Tonga

National Study on Domestic Violence on Women in Tonga

The National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga consisted of two separate components: a quantitative study based on the methodology developed for the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women; and a qualitative study based on Tongan methodology of Talanoa and Nofo. The use of qualitative and quantitative components was to seek results that complemented each other.

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Kiribati Family Health and Support Study

Kiribati Family Health and Support Study

This report of the Kiribati Family Health and Support Study analyses data from the first ever nationally representative child abuse in this country. This study replicates the WHO multi-country study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women.

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Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in Fiji: Findings from a Study Using the Individual Deprivation Measure

Exploring Multidimensional Poverty in Fiji: Findings from a Study Using the Individual Deprivation Measure

The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) is a new, gender sensitive and multidimensional measure of poverty. The measure assesses deprivation at the individual level, in relation to 15 key dimensions of life, making it possible to see who is poor, in what way and to what extent. This study explores what additional insights could be gained by individual-level, gender-sensitive poverty measurement in Fiji

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UNFPA Asia Pacific kNOwVAWdata dashboard

UNFPA Asia Pacific kNOwVAWdata dashboard

Data visualizations and reports from the latest national violence against women prevalence surveys in the Asia-Pacific region; Resources on violence against women data measurement, analysis and uptake; kNOwVAWdata updates; Real-life stories of the brave and compassionate individuals involved in measuring vitally important, nationally representative data on violence against women.

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Annual Report 2021: UNFPA Asia and the Pacific

Annual Report 2021: UNFPA Asia and the Pacific

UNFPA across Asia and the Pacific outlining progress towards our transformative results of zero maternal deaths, zero unmet need for family planning, and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices against girls and women.

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