Lifetime physical or sexual IPV (% ever-partnered women 15-49; not all gender-based violence)
48.9%
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health ObservatoryAs of 2023-12-31
Next steps
Public health
Gender-based violence is classified Critical at 48.9%, observed through 2023-12-31. Assessment basis: Lifetime physical or sexual intimate-partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15-49; it does not measure all forms of gender-based violence.
Lifetime physical or sexual IPV (% ever-partnered women 15-49; not all gender-based violence)
48.9%
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health ObservatoryAs of 2023-12-31
Assessment
Critical
BDPolicyLab analytical classification based on the stated assessment basis. It is not an official agency designation. Benchmark stress score: 95/100.
Source: BDPolicyLab assessmentAs of 2023-12-31
Movement
Unchanged
Current for source cadence
Source: BDPolicyLab comparable assessmentsAs of 24 Aug 2026, 01:25
Current for source cadence. Cadence basis: annual official series with publication lag.
Source: BDPolicyLab Crisis Orb Updated 2026-08-23
| Evidence | Reading | Observed through | Primary source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifetime physical or sexual IPV (% ever-partnered women 15-49; not all gender-based violence) | 48.9% | 2023-12-31 | World Health Organization, Global Health ObservatorySDGIPVLT |
Comparable assessments
Current movement: Unchanged
Critical
25 Jul 2026, 04:03 to 24 Aug 2026, 01:25
338 comparable assessments.
Decision architecture
These are linked records, not recommendations. They identify documented responsibility, published policy work, and modelled instruments that have passed their respective public gates.
Owns
Gender equality, women empowerment, child protection, and prevention of violence against women
Authority: Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 55; Rules of Business 1996
Monitors
Internal security, law enforcement, immigration, passports, and civil registration
Authority: Constitution of Bangladesh, Article 55; Rules of Business 1996
Grounded prescription
Build a Standing Health-Sector Response to Intimate Partner Violence in BangladeshWith roughly 73% of married women reporting intimate partner violence per the BBS VAW survey, DGHS should make survivor-centred clinical response a permanent, funded line of the health system rather than a project add-on.
Research · Primary
Bangladesh Women's Economic Empowerment AnalysisResearch · Primary
Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh: Progress, Paradoxes, and the Path ForwardThe assessment compares the latest source observation with BDPolicyLab analytical monitoring bands. For this detector, higher readings indicate greater stress; the internal analytical cutoffs are 27.0%, 35.0%, 42.0%, 47.0%. The score is a level-anchored piecewise-linear transformation with state bands at 20, 40, 60, and 85. The indicator's primary source is identified with the evidence in this card. Forecast ranges are published only as calibrated 80% predictive intervals with an explicit source time unit.
BDPolicyLab analytical classification based on the stated assessment basis. It is not an official agency designation.
No public forecast is shown because the validation or time-unit requirement was not met.
Sources: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory