The Bahamas

Overview of Country Gender Equality Status

Normative and Policy Frameworks

Domestic Violence Act

Title

Date Passed

Date Amended

Contents

Key Amendments

The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act

1991

2008

Part II dealing with domestic violence was repealed and is now covered under Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act.

Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act

2008

- Protection Orders

- Counselling

Gender Policy

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No			Draft National Gender Policy

National Strategic Action Plan on Gender Based Violence

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No			Draft Five-Year Strategic Plan on Domestic Violence

Regional and International Human Rights Conventions

CEDAW Convention Optional Protocol

Year Signed/Year Ratified/Ascension (A)

Reporting Status

(Publication Date)

Report(s) Due

Concluding Observations

Year Signed/Year Ratified

No signature date/

6 October 1993 (A)

5^th Report – 18 October 2011

6^th Report – 1 July 2016

No review date

Not signed

Convention of Belem do Para

Year Signed/Year Ratified

Reporting Status

16 May 1995/

5 May 1995 (A)

Response to Second Multilateral Evaluation Round Questionnaire (2009-2014)

Universal Periodic Review

Reporting Status

Date of Consideration

Outcome of Review

Decision of the Outcome

8 November 2012

23 January 2013

Provided on: 24 June 2013

No decision recorded

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Year Signed/Year Ratified

Reporting Status (Publication Date)

Report(s) Due

Concluding Observations

30 October 1990/

20 February 1991

1^st Report – 28 January 2004

2^nd- 4^th Reports – 21 March 2008

38^th Session - 31 March 2005

Population/Demography

Population disaggregated by sex and age

Age Group	Females		Males		Both Sexes	Year/Source
Age Group	No	%	No	%	No	Year/Source
0-14	47 097	50.0	47 022	50.0	94 119	2010/Census
15-24	28 855	50.0	28 826	50.0	57 681	”
25-34	27 920	52.0	25 729	48.0	53 649	”
35-44	28 729	52.0	26 564	48.0	55 293	”
45-54	23 191	52.4	21 063	47.6	44 254	”
55-64	12 618	52.9	11 249	47.1	23 867	”
65+	12 337	57.0	9 292	43.0	21 629	”
Not stated	457	47.2	512	52.8	969	”
Total	181 204	51.6	170 257	48.4	351 461	”
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000)	28	--	--	--	--	2012/World Bank
Life span	Years		Years		Years	”
Life span	78		72		--	”

Education and Training

Student population by sex

Educational Level	Females		Males		Total	Year	Net enrolment rate (%)[i]		Year
Educational Level	No	%	No	%	No		Females	Males	Year
Primary	16 838	49.6	17 139	50.4	33 977	2010	98.7	93.3	2009
Secondary	17 489	50.8	16 917	49.2	34 406	2010	85.9	80.0	2010
Tertiary (per 100 000 inhabitants)[ii]	N/A	--	N/A	--	N/A	--	--	--	--

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Labour

Employment status by sex

Employment status	Females	Males	Total	Year/Source
Employed	81 850	82 270	164 120	2011/Labour Force & Household Income Survey
Labour Force Participation Rate	69.3%	79.3%	--	2011/ECLAC
Unemployment Rate	13.7%	13.6%	13.7%	”
Part-time employed	N/A	N/A	N/A

Employed Population by Economic Sector (2011)

Economic Sector	Females	Males	Total
Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry & Fishing	1 460	4 580	6 040
Mining, Quarrying, Electricity, Gas & Water	370	1 930	2 300
Manufacturing	1 680	2 905	4 585
Construction	1 310	12 995	14 305
Wholesale & Retail	12 690	12 900	25 590
Transport, Storage & Communication	4 500	7 040	11 540
Hotel & Restaurant	15 250	10 135	25 435
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate & Other Business Activities	11 570	10 200	21 770
Community, Social & Personal Activities	32 715	19 195	51 910
Not stated	305	390	695

Source: The 2011 Labour Force and Household Income Survey

Leadership and Decision-Making

Number and percentage of women and men in leadership positions

Leadership Positions	Females		Males		Total	Year/Source
Leadership Positions	No.	%	No.	%	Total	Year/Source
Parliament	5	13.2	33	86.8	38	2012/Inter-Parliamentary Union
Appointed chambers (Senate)	4	25.0	12	75.0	16	”
Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries
Civil Service – Heads of Departments
Chief of Police	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2014/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police
Judicial appointments	4	40.0	6	60.0	10	Accessed Feb 2015/Bahamas Supreme Court
Magistrates appointments
Local government leaders
Government ministers	4	19.0	17	81.0	21	Accessed Feb 2015/ Government of the Bahamas
Leaders of Parties	--	--	3	100.0	3	Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections
Deputy Heads of Parties
Speaker of the Parliament	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections
Head of Government	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/ Government of the Bahamas
Head of State	√	--	--	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/ Government of the Bahamas

Violence against Women

Number and percentage of intimate partner homicides (Year)

Homicides	Females	Males	% of total homicides
Intimate partner homicides	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source:

Gender and Poverty

Poverty and poverty status of vulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty index/line)

Age group	Females	Males	Indigenous		Disabled		Elderly		PLHIV
Age group	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males
0-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+
Total	48% (of population living below poverty line)	52% (of population living below poverty line)	--	--	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source: Department of Statistics, 2013

NOTES:

[i] Net enrolment rate – the number of children of the official school age enrolled in the educational level as a percentage of the total children of the official school age population.

[ii] Formula: 100 000 x (Total number of students enrolled in tertiary education in a given academic year/country’s population).

KEY

N/A Not available

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