Kiribati

GI_Population(Footnote/Source)

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects 2022, Online Edition. Estimates 2021.

PL_Female Population (thousands)

66

PL_Total Population (thousands)

129

Existence of a governance structure or coordination mechanism(Footnote/Source)

Source: Cabinet decision 2011

GC_Existence of a governance structure or coordination mechanism

Yes

GC_Existence of a governance structure or coordination mechanism - Remark

National Eliminating Sexual and Gender Based Violence Taskforce (established and approved by the Cabinet in 2011)

JS_Availability of administrative data on justice

Yes

JS_Availability of administrative data on justice- Remark

Judiciary Annual Report 2021

JS_Number of legal aid service organizations for VAW/G survivors (Remarks)

Office of the Attorney General and Kiribati Women and Children Support Centre

JS_Number of legal aid service organizations for VAW/G survivorssure

2

JS_Number of VAW specialized courts

0

JS_Number of VAW specialized courts(Footnote/Source)

Source: Cases get served through normal court services.

LP_Constitutional Provisions on VAW

No

Equality in Marriage and Divorce(Footnote/Source)

Marriage Ordinance Cap 54 and Native Divorce Cap 60 (amended)

LP_Equality in Marriage and Divorce

Yes

LP_Equality in Marriage and Divorce - Remark

Marriage Ordinance Cap 54 and Native Divorce Cap 60 (amended)

Law against Sexual Harassment(Footnote/Source)

S2 and 4 of Te Rau N Te Mwenga Act

LP_Law against Sexual Harassment

Yes

LP_Law against Sexual Harassment - Remark

S2 and 4 of Te Rau N Te Mwenga Act

LP_Law Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

No

LP_National Action Plan on VAW (latest one that is currently into force)

No

LP_National Strategy on VAW (latest one that is currently into force)

No

LP_Provision against Marital Rape

No

LPStand-alone EVAW Law(Footnote/Source)

Family Peace Act (Te Rau N Te Mwenga Act) (2014)

LP_Stand-alone EVAW Law

Yes

LP_Stand-alone EVAW Law - Remark

Family Peace Act (Te Rau N Te Mwenga Act) (2014)

LP_Minimum age of female Marriage

21

LP_Minimum age of Male Marriage

21

LP_Minimum age of Marriage - Remark

Under section 57 of the Children, Young People and Family Welfare Act 2013 and section 7 of the Marriage (Amendment) Act 2002, consent may be given to under 21 years but has to be over 17 years

PDVA_Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence (%)

10.3

PDVA_Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence(Footnote/Source)

Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner since age 15. Source: Kiribati National Statistics Office. 2019. Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey 2018-19, Survey Findings Report. South Tarawa, Kiribati: National Statistics Office.

PDVA_Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence (%)

61

PDVA_Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence(Footnote/Source)

Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Kiribati National Statistics Office. 2019. Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey 2018-19, Survey Findings Report. South Tarawa, Kiribati: National Statistics Office.

PDVA_Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months (%)

43.4

PDVA_Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months(Footnote/Source)

Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Kiribati National Statistics Office. 2019. Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey 2018-19, Survey Findings Report. South Tarawa, Kiribati: National Statistics Office.

PL_Availability of administrative data on police

Yes

PL_Number of law enforcement professionals trained to respond to incidents of VAW/G in accordance with a standardized curriculum

280

PL_Number of law enforcement professionals trained to respond to incidents of VAW/G in accordance with a standardized curriculum(Footnote/Source)

Source: Police record in 2021

PL_Number of law enforcement professionals trained to respond to incidents of VAW/G in accordance with a standardized curriculum (Remarks)

135 police officers in South Tarawa, 145 police officers in outer islands

PL_Number of police stations or units specialized in EVAW

10

PL_Number of police stations or units specialized in EVAW (Remarks)

10 Units have the capacity for EVAW: Betio Station, Bairiki Station, Bikenibeu Station, Criminal Investigation Division, National Intelligence Unit, Communication Unit, Training Unit, Officers Commanding Districts, Policy and Planning Unit, Domestic Violence and Child Protection Services Unit is coordinating all GBV cases in the Kiribati Police Service.

JS_Number of women accessing (Remarks)

Number of GBV cases were recorded in 2021

JS_Number of women accessing these(Footnote/Source)

Source: Judiciary Annual Report 2021

JS_Number of women accessing these (latest year)

16

SS_Availability of administrative data on social services

Yes

SS_Availability of administrative data on social services - Remark

Data collected by the SAFENET Support Officer at MWYSSA.

Number of women accessing these (latest year)(Footnote/Source)

Source: Monthly Statistical Report, Ministry of Health Statistics (2022)

SS_Number of women accessing these (latest year)

239

SS_ Number of women accessing these (latest year) (Remarks)

103 women accessed in 2021 (data collected by the SAFENET Support Officer in Women Development Division of the Ministry of Women Youth Sports and Social Affairs)
136 women accessed KWCSC services in 2021 (data collected by the Deputy Director of the KWCSC)

HA_Availability of administrative data on health

Yes

HA_Availability of administrative data on health - Remark

Monthly Statistical Report, Ministry of Health and Medical Services

HA_Number of health units that have documented and adapted a protocol for the clinical management of VAW/G survivors (Remarks)

109
all clinics and main hospital in Nawerewere and Betio
3 District Hospitals for North, Central and South Kiribati
1 Specialized Family Health Clinic for GBV self-reported /referral cases.

HA_Number of health units that have documented and adopted a protocol for the clinical management of VAW/G survivors

113

Number of health units that have documented and adopted a protocol for the clinical management of VAW/G survivors(Footnote/Sourc

Source: Monthly Statistical Report, Ministry of Health and Medical Services

HA_Number of women accessing these (latest year)

513

HA_Number of women accessing these (latest year) (Remarks)

Number of women who accessed these services in 2021

Number of women accessing these (latest year)(Footnote/Source)

Source: Monthly Statistical Report, Ministry of Health Statistics (2022)

CEDAW- Gender-based violence

(1) To amend the Te Rau N Te Mwenga Act to specifically define and criminalize marital rape and allocate the resources necessary for the implementation of the Act and associated action plans; (2) To designate safe spaces for victims and survivors of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, throughout the State party's territory.

Recommendations from the CEDAW Committee(Footnote/Source)

OHCHR, CEDAW Committee, Concluding observations on the combined initial to third periodic reports of Kiribati, 11 March 2020, CEDAW/C/KIR/CO/1-3.