Fact Sheet: Sexual Violence in Conflict
19 June 2019: On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, ACLED data confirm that sexual…
ACLED is a leading source of real-time data on political violence and protest activity around the world. We regularly provide the media with the latest figures on conflict events and fatalities, commentary on trends and dynamics, and insight on ACLED data collection methodology.
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19 June 2019: On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, ACLED data confirm that sexual…
18 June 2019: New data for 2015 bring the total number of reported fatalities in Yemen to more than 91,000…
28 May 2019: Women around the world are facing unprecedented levels of targeted political violence. According to new data on…
28 May 2019: Twenty years after the United Nations officially added the protection of civilians in armed conflict to the…
“Containing #Tehran” | New @CSIS_Threats report from @SethGJones featuring analysis of @ACLEDINFO data on demonstration events across #Iran: https://t.co/pZCWSzlTYt pic.twitter.com/Vjf4dbbUF8
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) January 7, 2020
“By deliberately using the term ‘targeting’, ACLED wants to underline the importance of connecting violence to political agency, while also noting that the violence explored in these data is only a subset of all violence that affects women.”
Brief ➡️ https://t.co/oWiiRD0q3f pic.twitter.com/5plX6YeSHH
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) January 7, 2020
We’ve now added over 100 new events from ACLED partner @FrontLineHRD, improving our coverage of attacks targeting human rights defenders worldwide.
Explore the data here: https://t.co/L7mYS58axC pic.twitter.com/WXdb4ZzqCR
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) September 27, 2019
Violence directed against government officials and government property increased last week in #Ukraine amid anti-#Russian demonstrations calling for the protection of Ukrainian interests in negotiations over the #Donbass conflict: https://t.co/6YnIJEzHaw pic.twitter.com/jVrix7VNxc
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) September 27, 2019
#JobOpening: ACLED is now hiring #Europe Researchers to track political violence and protest in #France, #Germany, #Italy, #Spain, #Portugal, the #Nordics, #Ireland, and the #UK.
Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/ppBiyNBuv5 pic.twitter.com/UUxi2nFOxW
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) September 29, 2019
Great report https://t.co/gOGuPICXFy
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) September 30, 2019
ACLED has now released all data on political violence and protest activity for 2019.
Access here ➡️ https://t.co/jVGWKLFsPK pic.twitter.com/OpzZFqSV3O
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) January 9, 2020
ACLED records almost 300 political violence and protest events across #Ethiopia in 2019, resulting in nearly 680 reported fatalities: https://t.co/uMH2VSo4bh pic.twitter.com/bHfmDbpccY
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) January 28, 2020
ACLED is looking for a new #Researcher to help track political violence and protest activity in #Afghanistan, #Iran, and the #Gulf.
Learn more and apply here ⬇https://t.co/xpWVPyJYcc
— Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (@ACLEDINFO) January 27, 2020
To download all ACLED data for the entire time period of coverage, simply click ‘export.’
To download all available ACLED data for a specific time period, enter a date range and click ‘export.’
Please be aware that ACLED covers over 100 countries, but the period of active coverage differs by region and country. For African states, all data are available from 1 January 1997 onwards. For other countries, more recent periods are available. A full list of country and time period coverage can be found here.
To download real-time and historical data for specific event types, select the relevant event types from that category and leave all other categories as they are. All data for the selected event type(s) will be exported.
To download real-time and historical data for a specific actor type or a specific actor, select the relevant actor type or actor in those categories and leave all other categories as they are. All data for the selected actor or actor type(s) will be exported.
To download real-time and historical data for a specific region, country, or location, select the relevant areas from those categories and leave all other categories as they are. All data for the selected area(s) will be exported.
By default, the data are exported in a format where each row represents a single event, on a specific day and location, and involving distinct actors.
An “actor based” file displays events by single actors instead, meaning that events are often repeated if two actors are involved. To determine which of the two file types to use, you should consider whether the data are being used to analyze patterns over time, types of violence, conflict between groups, or locations (which the default file type is best for), or to analyze actor types or specific actors. For the former, the default format should be used, while for the latter, the “actor based” file should be used.
Guides for data use and methodology documents detailing ACLED coding processes can be found here.
Please note: exported data will contain additional columns including a timestamp column which indicates when the data were last updated. Please find a methodology note explaining ACLED timestamps here.
For systems that use semi-colon separated values by default, you may wish to use the “compatibility mode” option.