Number of People Experiencing Domestic Abuse Each Year:
1 in 4 Arab women, including Algerians, have experienced domestic violence.
31.4% of women aged between 19-64 have regularly been subjected to threats of physical and/or psychological violence.
No research on male victims or other gender identities.
Population Size:
43.05 million. 50.5% are male and 49.5% are female.
Frontline Services:
Caritas - https://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/middle-east-and-north-africa/algeria/ - contact@caritas.dz
AFEPEC - https://afepec.org - contact@afepec.org
Sources
Council of Europe, “Council of Europe’s Expert Group of Violence Against Women Visits Andorra”, (coe.int, 7 February 2020), <https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/-/council-of-europe-s-expert-group-on-violence-against-women-visits-andor-1>.
The World Bank, (1).