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.

Gender-related killings of women and girls: Improving data to improve responses to femicide/feminicide

Gender-related killings of women and girls: Improving data to improve responses to femicide/feminicide

With the aim of galvanizing global action against this all-too-pervasive crime, UNODC and UN Women have joined forces to produce this research paper on the global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021. This paper features policy recommendations to support comprehensive and multisectoral approaches to prevent and address gender-related killings and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls.

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Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/Feminicide): Global estimates of female intimate partner/family-related homicides in 2022

Gender-related Killings of Women and Girls (Femicide/Feminicide): Global estimates of female intimate partner/family-related homicides in 2022

With the aim of galvanizing global action against this crime, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Women are publishing this second joint publication with global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls by an intimate partner or family member, with data from 2022. This publication features policy recommendations to prevent gender-related killings, including through risk assessments and protective measures, the establishment of femicide observatories, the criminalization of...

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Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018

Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018

This report is based on an analysis of available prevalence data from surveys and studies conducted between 2000 and 2018, obtained through a systematic and comprehensive review of all available data on the prevalence of these two forms of violence against women.

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Bangladesh Violence Against Women Survey 2015

Bangladesh Violence Against Women Survey 2015

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has conducted the second round of the VAW survey in 2015. The main objective of the survey is to generate official statistics on the prevalence of different forms of violence against women.

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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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2019 Tonga Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

2019 Tonga Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

An international survey program that is the largest source of statistically sound and internationally comparable data on women and children worldwide. The Tonga MICS collected data on health, nutrition, child protection, education, water, sanitation and hygiene as well as domestic violence amongst other topics.

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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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Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships

Vanuatu National Survey on Women’s Lives and Family Relationships

This population-based study provides a reliable benchmark of the prevalence and incidence of violence against women in Vanuatu, and on attitudes to violence including: health and other effects of VAW and children; risk and protective factors in the family and the community; coping strategies; and the implications for prevention and support services.

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PNG Demographic Health Survey 2016-18 Report

PNG Demographic Health Survey 2016-18 Report

The 2016-18 PNG DHS final report provides information on basic indicators of fertility, fertility preferences, family planning practices, childhood mortality, maternal and child health, knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and other related health issues.

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2006/2007 Solomon Islands Demographic and Health Survey (2007 SIDHS)

2006/2007 Solomon Islands Demographic and Health Survey (2007 SIDHS)

The primary objective of the survey was to provide up-to-date information for policy-makers, planners, researchers and program managers to use in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of population and health programs in the country. The survey was intended to provide key estimates of the demographics and health of the country. In addition, the content of the survey was expanded to include questions on disability and gender-related violence.

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