96 percent of victims of domestic violence are women in Kyrgyzstan

12:03, 17 марта 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA

The National Statistical Committee presented an overview «Sustainable Development Goals and Gender in Kyrgyzstan».

Researchers noted an increase in domestic violence, the victims of which are women.

According to the data, the number of victims of domestic violence has almost tripled over the past six years, 96 percent of them are women. The number of male victims of domestic violence was just over 5 percent. Only 2.5 percent of the reported cases of domestic violence end up in criminal proceedings.

Civil Union NGO proposed to MP Dinara Ashimova to introduce mandatory deposition of testimony on gender crimes and criminal liability for coercion to reconciliation.