Table 45: Domestic relationships identified by respondents, by gender Male Female Total Persons who are or were married to each other 20.58% 20.22% 20.33% Persons who share or have recently shared the same residence 12.07% 15.09% 14.13% Persons who are the parents of a child or are persons who have or had parental responsibility for that child 19.19% 21.09% 20.41% Persons who are family members related by consanguinity, affinity or 15.50% marriage 14.90% 15.12% Persons who are domestic child carers or domestic workers 7.37% 9.15% 8.60% Persons who are in an intimate relationship 5.84% 4.82% 5.21% RF 1.02% 0.56% 0.74% DK/NA 18.42% 14.16% 15.45% No significant discrepancies were observed in identifying domestic relationships across demographic factors. Protection Orders This survey inquired into the awareness on the provision for survivors to obtain a protection order from a court in cases of domestic violence and the response was encouraging. 80.0% of the respondents stated that they were aware of this protective provision in the law. 54.6 % of women were aware of the right to claim a protection order as opposed to 25.0% of male respondents. There was no significant difference between men and women who were not aware of this safeguard nor between urban and outer islands. This also holds true across all age groups. 44.3 % of migrant workers were aware that they could seek a protection order in cases of domestic violence. WHERE/WHOM TO REPORT ACTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 80.0% of respondents stated that they knew where to report cases of domestic violence. 82.0% of women were confident about where to report a case of domestic violence compared to 77.0% of men. 58.1% of the respondents named MPS as the institution to file a domestic violence complain, while less than a third identified Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services as the institution to report domestic violence. 65.3% of men and 54.8% of women stated domestic violence cases had to be reported to MPS. This also holds true for respondents from both urban and outer islands. No significant differences are observed between outer islands and urban regions or across age groups. 56.7% of migrant workers were reported to be aware of institution(s) to report a domestic violence PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF INSTITUTIONS Respondents were asked their thoughts about the performance of the institutions mandated to respond to reports of domestic violence. 34.7% of the respondents were disappointed with the performance of these institutions while 29.3% reported being happy with the services. It is to be noted that 17.6% of the respondents were satisfied with the institutions handling domestic violence cases. 32.7% of female respondents stated being happy with the services of the institutions while only 25.7% of male respondents were happy with the services. 39.8% of respondents from urban regions were less happy with the performance of state institutions mandated to provide services pertaining to domestic violence, while 31.3% of respondents from outer islands were happy with these institutions. The survey examined what respondents thought needed to be done to improve the services of these institutions. More than half of the respondents stated that greater effort should be put into raising awareness about domestic violence. Table 46: Public perception on ways to prevent domestic violence, by region Outer Islands Urban Total Create public awareness 37.64% 43.82% 39.71% Capacity building of staff 19.53% 7.87% 15.62% Rehabilitation of perpetrators 12.17% 7.12% 10.48% Adequate, timely and conve11.79% nient assistance to survivors 11.80% 11.79% Other 3.11% 13.11% 6.46% RF 0.85% 0.37% 0.69% DK/NA 14.91% 15.92% 15.24% 39