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

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

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2016
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National

POECI observers in the four targeted districts for constituency-level observations reported a total of 19 critical incidents of intimidation, harassment or violence. This graph shows the gender of the perpetrators and victims of these incidents. From this graph, it is easier to see that while men and women experienced incidents of violence at relatively similar levels, more incidents involved women as victims rather than perpetrators, whereas the reverse is true for men.

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