GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILENICARAGUAMEASURES
Nicaragua
Region: Americas / Population: 6,851M / Female Population: 3,475M
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Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months
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Start Year End Year Measure Title Type of Measure Form of Violence
1992 Service Network for Women Survisors Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
1998 2002 Police Data Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Police Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2000 Decree No. 116-200 of 2000 (National Commission on Violence against Women, Children and Young Persons) Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2001 2006 National Plan of Action for the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women Violence against women and girls
2002 2021 Supreme Court’s Strategic Plan (Women’s access to Justice) Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Violence against women and girls
2002 Women's and Children's Police Stations Services > Police > Protocols and guidelines Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
2003 2007 Policy to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Young Persons Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy Violence against women and girls
2006 2007 Encuesta Nicaragüense de Demografía y Salud Research and statistical data > Violence against women module in survey Violence against women and girls
2007 National Commission on Violence against Women, Children and Young Persons Institutional mechanisms Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Violence against women and girls
2009 Standards and Procedures for addressing Domestic Violence Cases Services > Health > Protocols and guidelines Violence against women and girls
2010 2013 Acts No. 735 and 779 (Trafficking in Persons) Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Trafficking
2010 National Coalition against Trafficking in Persons Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2012 Comprehensive Act against Violence towards Women Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2012 Ley Contra Violencia Hacia Las Mujeres Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Femicide Feminicide; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Trafficking; Violence against women and girls
2012 Modelo de Atención Integral para la Mujeres Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery Violence against women and girls
2014 Article 34 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
2014 Article 36 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
2014 Article 40 of the Constitution Laws > Violence against women > Constitutional provision Violence against women and girls
2014 Law No. 779: Comprehensive Law against Violence against Women Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
2014 National Inter-Institutional Commission to Combat Violence towards Women Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2016 Map of Violence Against Women in Nicaragua by Police Research and statistical data > Administrative data > Police Femicide Feminicide
2016 Specialized Unit of Crimes against Gender Violence Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
District Courts Specialized in Violence Services > Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery Violence against women and girls
Ministerial Agreement 67-96 Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
National Commission on Violence against Women, Children and Young Persons Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
Women’s and Children’s Police Units Institutional mechanisms Violence against women and girls
2020 Special Law on Cybercrimes No. 1042 / Ley Especial de Ciberdelitos Número 1042 Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
2021 Amendment and Addition to the Penal Code and Law 779, Comprehensive Law Against Violence Toward Women / Reforma y Adición al Código Penal y a la Ley 779, Ley Integral contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres Laws > Violence against women > Legislation Violence against women and girls
National Police Hotline 118 / Línea 118 de la Policía Nacional Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline Violence against women and girls
Hotline 133 / Línea 133 Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline Violence against women and girls
Direct Presence Visits / Visitas de Presencia Directa Services > Social services Violence against women and girls
2007 2024 Legal Digest on Family, Women, Children, Youth, Older Adults, and Gender Equity / Digesto Jurídico de Familia, Mujer, Niñez, Juventud, Adulto Mayor y Equidad de Género Laws > Violence against women > Laws Violence against women and girls
2019 Law No. 985, Law for a Culture of Dialogue, Reconciliation, Security, Work, and Peace / Ley N°985, Ley para una Cultura de Diálogo, Reconciliación, Seguridad, Trabajo y Paz Laws > Other relevant laws Violence against women and girls
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