Metadata Sub-indicator 5.2.1.8. Proportion of women and girls aged 16 years and older subjected to psychological control violence by their current partner in the last 12 months
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Target 5.2. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.
Indicator 5.2.1. Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age
Sub-indicator 5.2.1.8. Proportion of women and girls aged 16 years and older subjected to psychological control violence by their current partner in the last 12 months
- Global
- National
Proportion of women and girls aged 16 and over who have experienced psychological control violence at the hands of their current partner in the last 12 months
\[VPC_{>16, pareja}=\frac{MVPC_{>16, pareja}}{M_{>16, pareja}} \cdot 100 \]Where: \(MVPC_{>16, pareja}\)is the number of women aged 16 or older who have a partner at present (at the time of the interview) and who have suffered psychological violence of control of their current partner in the last 12 months and \(M_{>16, pareja}\)is the number of women aged 16 or older who have a partner at the moment (at the time of the interview).
Percentage
Anual sin determinar
Form of violence
Tier I
Yes
Macroencuesta de Violencia contra la Mujer (ISO code: 65007)
15/12/2021
UNICEF, UN Women, UNFPA, WHO, UNODC
Up to now the periodicity was five years, but it has changed to four years. Psychological violence is defined as that intentional and prolonged conduct in time, which attacks the psychological and emotional integrity of a person and his dignity as a person, without any intervention of physical contact between the persons involved. It includes the behaviors of control and those of emotional abuse. The psychological violence of control is that relative to the behaviors of control (to prevent seeing friends or the family, to insist on knowing where the woman is at every moment, to get angry if the woman talks with another man or woman, to ignore him and to treat him with indifference, etc.).