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India

Region: Asia / Population: 1,407,564B / Female Population: 681,060M

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Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence

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2035

Year(s)	Measure Title	Type of Measure	Form of Violence
1986	Penal Code	Laws > Violence against women > Legislation	Other harmful practices; Child early and forced marriage; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Stalking; Trafficking; Violence against women and girls
2006	National Commission for Women	Institutional mechanisms	Violence against women and girls; Child early and forced marriage; Other harmful practices
2006	Prohibition of Child Marriage Act	Laws > Violence against women > Legislation	Child early and forced marriage
2008	Study on Child Marriages, Situational Analysis in Three States of India	Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data	Child early and forced marriage

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