Among the most serious issues that women and girls are confronted with is Gender Based Violence (GBV), which is often described as a pandemic. Women are significantly more likely than men to suffer from GBV, and married women are more likely to suffer physical violence than single women.
|
Country |
Type |
Reported Cases |
|||
|
|
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Angola |
Economic |
2 874 |
3 038 |
5 377 |
4 859 |
|
Physical |
494 |
891 |
1 589 |
1 207 |
|
|
Labour |
9 |
29 |
146 |
97 |
|
|
Psychological |
1 207 |
1 763 |
2 184 |
2 108 |
|
|
Sexual |
18 |
40 |
127 |
51 |
|
|
Total |
4 602 |
5 732 |
9 423 |
8 322 |
|
|
Botswana |
Defilement of girls |
|
|
521 |
478 |
|
Indecent assault |
|
|
161 |
128 |
|
|
Rape and attempts |
|
|
1 955 |
1 926 |
|
|
Defilement of mentally challenged |
|
|
41 |
45
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
2 678 |
2 577 |
|
|
DRC |
Rape |
|
|
25 612 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
25 612 |
|
|
|
Malawi |
Total |
|
|
28 082 |
22 897 |
|
Mauritius |
Total |
14343 |
13138 |
13133 |
13201 |
|
Namibia |
Rape |
1 085 |
1 117 |
1 050 |
907 |
|
GBH |
6 413 |
6 840 |
10 602 |
8 664 |
|
|
Murder |
219 |
370 |
|
220 |
|
|
Assault |
4 830 |
4 806 |
8 374 |
6 150 |
|
|
Attempted Rape |
20 |
0 |
238 |
196 |
|
|
Indecent Assault |
13 |
76 |
111 |
88 |
|
|
|
Total |
12 652 |
13 209 |
20 375 |
16 226 |
|
Madagascar |
Physical violence |
|
|
|
878 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
878 |
|
|
Mozambique |
Total |
14 926 |
13 940 |
12 682 |
23 659 |
|
Seychelles |
Grievous Harm |
|
|
4 |
1 |
|
Wounding |
|
|
4 |
0 |
|
|
Assaulting a child |
|
|
13 |
4 |
|
|
Common Assault |
|
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
Threatening Violence |
|
|
7 |
0 |
|
|
Damaging property |
|
|
16 |
4 |
|
|
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (AOABH) |
|
|
48 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
96 |
17 |
|
|
Swaziland |
Rape |
522 |
496 |
453 |
452 |
|
Statutory Rape |
116 |
116 |
163 |
168 |
|
|
Indecent Assault |
165 |
176 |
156 |
146 |
|
|
Sodomy |
10 |
13 |
6 |
3 |
|
|
Incest |
3 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
Physical |
775 |
990 |
1 056 |
1 101 |
|
|
Murder |
27 |
24 |
27 |
22 |
|
|
Abduction |
86 |
78 |
94 |
114 |
|
|
Kidnapping |
24 |
11 |
13 |
10 |
|
|
Human Trafficking |
3 |
8 |
2 |
|
|
|
Total |
1 731 |
1 916 |
1 973 |
2016 |
|
|
Tanzania |
Rape cases |
7709 |
7795 |
9776 |
9476 |
|
Sodomize |
759 |
737 |
820 |
944 |
|
|
Sexual harassment |
0 |
16 |
10 |
15 |
|
|
Forced Marriage |
|
|
25 |
35 |
|
|
Total |
8 468 |
8 512 |
10 631 |
10 470 |
|
|
Zambia |
Defilement of a Child |
1,339 |
2,369 |
2,234 |
2,429 |
|
|
Rape |
211 |
215 |
227 |
205 |
|
|
Attempted Rape |
46 |
29 |
41 |
41 |
|
|
Incest |
28 |
25 |
38 |
47 |
|
|
Murder |
32 |
75 |
57 |
57 |
|
|
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm |
3,699 |
4,303 |
4.485 |
4,506 |
|
|
Threatening Violence |
100 |
124 |
159 |
197 |
|
|
Sexual Harassment |
5 |
9 |
30 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
5,629 |
7,230 |
7,605 |
7,814 |
|
Zimbabwe |
Rape |
2 034 |
2 357 |
2 582 |
2 112 |
|
|
Aggravated Assault |
108 |
95 |
125 |
103 |
|
|
Domestic Violence |
5 016 |
5 868 |
6 153 |
6 843 |
|
|
Total |
7 158 |
8 320 |
8 860 |
9 058 |
Source SADC Member States, National progress reports on implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
Note. Many cases are not reported as they happen in or nearby the home, therefore the data available are indicative rather than comprehensive.