Madagascar has not ratified the Maputo Protocol but it signed on February 2004.
- Loi n°2019-008 relative à la lutte contre les Violences Basées sur le Genre: This law establishes a national mechanism to combat Based Violence on Gender. It also punishes new categories of offenses such as marital rape (Article 6), harmful traditional practices (Article 5), gender contempt and economic violence (Article 12), and put in place a victim protection system.
- Starting in January the government set up a mechanism to streamline the prosecution of gender-based violence. In addition the government broadcasted a weekly program on public and private television channels to raise public awareness of this violence and describe the services available to support victims. The government provided special training for judges to implement the mechanism.
- The Proximity Female Brigade within the national police conducted investigations of gender-based violence and raised public awareness of the problem of GBV.
- 2019 Loi n°2019-008 relative à la lutte contre les Violences Basées sur le Genre: This law establishes a national mechanism to combat Based Violence on Gender. It also punishes new categories of offenses such as marital rape, harmful traditional practices, gender contempt and economic violence, and put in place a victim protection system.
- Mention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Shadow Report on Madagascar 2015 Submitted by The Madagascar Coalition of Civil Society Organisations.