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Overview of Country Gender Equality Status
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Normative and Policy Frameworks
Domestic Violence Act
|
Title |
Date Passed |
Date Amended |
Contents |
Key Amendments |
|
Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Amendment Act 2016 |
1992 |
February 2016 |
- Protection order |
These amendments make the Protection Order one of the strongest in the region, giving powers of emergency protection orders to police, and drawing heavily on best practices in the Commonwealth in the scope and definition of gender-based violence. |
Gender Policy
|
In existence (Yes/No) |
Title |
Date |
Notes |
|
No
|
|
|
A gender policy is in the process of being developed. |
National Strategic Action Plan on Gender Based Violence
|
In existence (Yes/No) |
Title |
Date |
Notes |
|
No |
|
|
|
Regional and International Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Convention Optional Protocol
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified/Ascension (A) |
Reporting Status (Publication Date) |
Concluding Observations |
Report(s) Due |
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
|
24 July 1980/ 16 November 1980 |
4th Report – 24 November 2000 |
3 September 1999 |
Not signed |
Convention of Belem do Para
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status |
|
16 February 1995/ 16 May 1995 |
Response to Second Multilateral Evaluation Round Questionnaire (2009-2014) |
Universal Periodic Review
|
Reporting Status |
Date of Consideration |
Outcome of Review |
Decision of the Outcome |
|
5 December 2012 |
Provided on 11 December 2013 |
Not recorded |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status (Publication Date) |
Report(s) Due |
Concluding Observations |
|
19 April 1990/ 19 November 1990 |
2nd-4th Report – submitted |
To be determined |
To be reviewed 72nd Session, 2016 |
Population/Demography
Population disaggregated by sex and age
|
Age Group |
Females |
Males |
Both Sexes
|
Year/Source |
||
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No
|
||
|
0-14 |
26 756 |
48.9 |
28 001 |
51.1 |
54 757 |
2010/Census |
|
15-24 |
18 526 |
50.0 |
18 513 |
50.0 |
37 039 |
” |
|
25-34 |
19 410 |
51.3 |
18 463 |
48.7 |
37 873 |
” |
|
35-44 |
21 082 |
51.9 |
19 547 |
48.1 |
40 629 |
” |
|
45-54 |
21 942 |
53.0 |
19 473 |
47.0 |
41 415 |
” |
|
55-64 |
15 942 |
52.9 |
14 197 |
47.1 |
30 139 |
” |
|
65+ |
21 145 |
58.8 |
14 824 |
41.2 |
35 969 |
” |
|
Total |
144 803 |
52.1 |
133 018 |
47.9 |
277 821 |
” |
|
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000) |
48 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2012/World Bank |
|
Life span
|
Years |
Years |
Years |
|||
|
77.1 |
-- |
72.5 |
-- |
74.8 |
||
Education and Training
Student population by sex
|
Educational Level |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Year |
Net enrolment rate (%)[i] |
Year |
|||
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No
|
Female |
Male |
|||
|
Primary |
10 950 |
48.6 |
11 559 |
51.4 |
22 509 |
2011 |
96.8 |
97.3 (est.) |
2011 |
|
Secondary |
9 887 |
50.2 |
9 809 |
49.8 |
19 696 |
2011 |
96.3 |
83.8 |
2011 |
|
Tertiary (per 100 000 Inhabitants)[ii] |
6 080 |
-- |
2 727 |
-- |
8 807 |
2011 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Labour
Employment status and occupational status by sex and age group
|
Employment status |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Source |
|
Employed |
61 400 |
64 000 |
125 400 |
2nd Quarter 2014/Statistical Services Labour Force Survey |
|
Labour Force Participation Rate |
61.1% |
69.0% |
64.9% |
” |
|
Employment Rate |
86.4% |
87.2% |
86.8% |
” |
|
Unemployment Rate |
13.6% |
12.8% |
13.2% |
” |
|
Youth unemployment |
32.6% |
27.9% |
30.0% |
2013/Ministry of Labour |
|
Part-time Employed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Employed Population by Economic Sector (2010)
|
Economic Sector |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing |
545 |
1 075 |
1 620 |
|
Mining & Quarrying |
54 |
176 |
230 |
|
Manufacturing |
2 688 |
3 365 |
6 053 |
|
Electricity, Water, Gas, Steam & Air conditioning Supply |
463 |
1 286 |
1 749 |
|
Construction |
721 |
7 130 |
7 851 |
|
Wholesale & Retail Trade |
7 263 |
6 165 |
13 428 |
|
Transport & Storage |
1 429 |
3 237 |
4 666 |
|
Accommodation & Food Services |
6 439 |
3 664 |
10 103 |
|
Information & Communications |
850 |
902 |
1 752 |
|
Financial & Insurance Activities |
3 033 |
1 449 |
4 482 |
|
Real Estate Activities |
844 |
458 |
1 302 |
|
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities |
1 723 |
1 342 |
3 065 |
|
Administrative & Support & Service Technical Activities |
7 446 |
7 404 |
14 850 |
|
Public Administration & Defence |
4 626 |
5 024 |
9 650 |
|
Education |
3 704 |
1 693 |
5 397 |
|
Human Health & Social Work Activities |
3 993 |
1 092 |
5 085 |
|
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation |
612 |
750 |
1 362 |
|
Other Service Activities |
1 499 |
928 |
2 427 |
|
Activities of Household as Employers |
2 257 |
488 |
2 745 |
|
Activities of Extra-territorial Organisation & Bodies |
456 |
223 |
679 |
|
Not stated |
6 559 |
10 836 |
17 395 |
Source: 2010 Population and Housing Census
Leadership and Decision-Making
Number and percentage of women and men in leadership positions
|
Leadership Positions |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Year/Source |
||
|
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
|||
|
Parliament |
5 |
16.7 |
25 |
83.3 |
30 |
2013/IPU |
|
Appointed chambers (Senate) |
5 |
23.8 |
16 |
76.2 |
21 |
|
|
Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries |
14 |
50 |
14 |
50 |
28 |
2014/Country Gender Assessment, Barbados |
|
Civil Service – Heads of Departments |
51 |
45.1 |
62 |
54.9 |
114
|
” |
|
Chief of Police |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Judicial appointments |
7
|
53.8 |
6
|
46.2 |
13
|
Accessed in 2015/Barbados Supreme Court |
|
Magistrates appointments |
3 |
33.3 |
6 |
66.7 |
9 |
” |
|
Local government leaders |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Government ministers |
2 |
11.8 |
15 |
88.2 |
17 |
Accessed in 2015/Government of Barbados |
|
Leaders of Parties |
1 |
50.0 |
1 |
50.0 |
2 |
2015/Caribbean Elections |
|
Deputy Heads of Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Speaker of the Parliament |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
2015/Caribbean Elections |
|
Head of Government |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
” |
|
Head of State |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
” |
Violence against Women
Number and percentage of intimate partner homicides (2013)
|
Homicides
|
Female |
Male |
% of total homicides |
|
Intimate partner homicides |
6 |
0 |
24% |
Source: rel="noopener noreferrer" ECLAC
Gender and Poverty
Poverty and poverty status of vulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty index/line)
|
Age group |
Female |
Male |
Indigenous |
Disabled |
Elderly |
PLHIV |
||||
|
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
|||
|
0-14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25-34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35-44 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45-54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55-64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65+ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
N/A |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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
-- Not applicable
