Côte d'Ivoire 2016 Election Day Critical Incidents: Economic Violence (in Targeted Districts)

Côte d'Ivoire 2016 Election Day Critical Incidents: Economic Violence (in Targeted Districts)

Country: 
Cote D'Ivoire
Year: 
2016
Level of government: 
National

 

The majority of perpetrators of reported incidents of economic violence in the in the four targeted districts for constituency-level observations were men. In no reported incidents were women the sole perpetrators or victims. This graph shows the gender of the victims and perpetrators, as well as the breakdown of incidents.

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Time period: 
Election day
Type of violence: 
Economic
Public sphere

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