Dominica
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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 |
|
Protection against Domestic Violence Act |
2001
|
|
- Protection Orders - Occupation Orders - Tenancy Orders |
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|
Sexual Offences Act |
1998 |
|
|
|
Gender Policy
|
In existence (Yes/No) |
Title |
Date |
Notes |
|
Yes
|
National Policy and Action Plan for Gender
Equity and |
2006 Updated in 2014 |
|
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 |
|
15 September 1980/
|
No report submitted – list of issues generated by the Committee in the absence of Initial & Periodic Reports – 14 August 2008 |
43rd Session - 26 January 2009
|
To be determined |
Not signed |
Convention of Belem do Para
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status |
|
No Signature Date/
|
Response to Second Multilateral Evaluation Round (2009-2014) |
Universal Periodic Review
|
Reporting Status |
Date of Consideration |
Outcome of Review |
Decision of the Outcome |
|
7 December 2009 |
Provided on: 04 January 2010 |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status (Publication Date) |
Concluding Observations |
Report(s) Due |
|
26, January 1990/ |
1st Report – 15 October 2003 |
2nd – 3rd Reports – 1 September 2006 |
Population/Demography
Population disaggregated by sex and age
|
Age Group |
Females |
Males |
Both Sexes
|
Year/Source |
||
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No
|
||
|
0-14 |
9 987 |
49.4 |
10 224 |
50.6 |
20 211 |
2001/Census |
|
15-24 |
5 360 |
48.8 |
5 619 |
51.2 |
10 979 |
” |
|
25-34 |
5 156 |
49.6 |
5 234 |
50.4 |
10 390 |
” |
|
35-44 |
4 394 |
46.7 |
5 016 |
53.3 |
9 410 |
” |
|
45-54 |
2 888 |
47.0 |
3 257 |
53.0 |
6 145 |
” |
|
55-64 |
2 350 |
52.5 |
2 128 |
47.5 |
4 478 |
” |
|
65+ |
3 951 |
56.3 |
3 071 |
43.7 |
7 022 |
” |
|
Not stated |
466 |
47.1 |
524 |
52.9 |
990 |
” |
|
Total |
34 552 |
49.6 |
35 073 |
50.4 |
69 625 |
” |
|
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000) |
48.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2006-2010/UNICEF |
|
Life Span
|
Years |
Years |
Years |
|||
|
77 |
72 |
75 |
||||
Education and Training
Student population by sex
|
Educational Level |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Year |
Net enrolment rate (%)[i] |
Year |
|||
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No
|
Female |
Male |
|||
|
Primary |
3 821 |
48.7 |
4 030 |
51.3 |
7 851 |
2013 |
92.0 |
91.5 |
2010 |
|
Secondary |
3 285 |
50.5 |
3 222 |
49.5 |
6 507 |
2011 |
81.5 |
76.5 |
2011 |
|
Tertiary (per 100,00 inhabitants)[ii] |
N/A |
-- |
N/A |
-- |
N/A |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Labour
Employment status by sex
|
Employment status |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Year/Source |
|
Employed |
11 320 |
15 482 |
26 802 |
|
|
Labour Force Participation Rate |
41.6% |
58.4% |
N/A |
” |
|
Unemployed Rate |
9.9% |
12.3% |
11.3% |
” |
|
Part-time employed |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Employed Population by Economic Sector (2000)
|
Economic Sector |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Agriculture & Fishing |
814 |
4 454 |
5 268 |
|
Mining & Quarrying |
13 |
143 |
156 |
|
Manufacturing |
811 |
1 126 |
1 938 |
|
Electricity, Gas & Water Supply |
76 |
334 |
409 |
|
Construction |
51 |
2 403 |
2 454 |
|
Wholesale & Retail Trade etc |
2 136 |
1 752 |
3 888 |
|
Hotel & Restaurants |
958 |
344 |
1 301 |
|
Transport, Storage & Communications |
333 |
1 225 |
1 558 |
|
Financial Intermediations |
416 |
190 |
605 |
|
Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities |
278 |
265 |
544 |
|
Public Admin, Social Security |
838 |
1 647 |
2 486 |
|
Education |
1 138 |
454 |
1 592 |
|
Health & Social Work |
1 317 |
610 |
1 930 |
|
Private Household with Employed Persons
|
684 |
164 |
848 |
|
Extra-territorial Organisation & Bodies |
24 |
11 |
35 |
|
Not stated |
95 |
115 |
207 |
Source: 2000 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 |
7 |
21.9 |
25 |
78.1 |
32 |
|
|
Appointed chambers (Senate) |
N/A |
-- |
N/A |
-- |
N/A |
|
|
Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Civil Service - Heads of Departments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief of Police |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
Accessed Feb 2015/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police |
|
Judicial appointments |
-- |
-- |
2 |
100 |
2 |
Accessed Feb 2015/Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court |
|
Magistrates Appointments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Local government leaders |
141 |
41 |
204 |
59 |
345 |
|
|
Government ministers |
5 |
27.8 |
13 |
72.2 |
18 |
2014/Caribbean Elections |
|
Leaders of Parties |
-- |
-- |
2 |
100 |
2 |
Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections |
|
Deputy Heads of Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Speaker of the Parliament |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
|
|
Head of Government |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
2015/Caribbean Elections |
|
Head of State |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
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Violence against Women
Number and percentage of intimate partner homicides (2013)
|
Homicides
|
Female |
Male |
% of total homicides |
|
Intimate partner homicides |
1 |
0 |
6.67% |
Source: ECLAC
Gender and Poverty
Poverty and poverty status of vulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty index/line – EC$6,230 per annum)
|
Age group |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Indigenous |
Disabled |
Elderly |
PLHIV |
|||||||
|
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
|
|
0-14 |
|
|
|
|
7 404 |
35.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15-24 |
|
|
|
|
3 402 |
16.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25-34 |
|
|
|
|
1 999 |
9.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35-44 |
|
|
|
|
2 776 |
13.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45-54 |
|
|
|
|
2 061 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55-64 |
|
|
|
|
1 092 |
5.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65+ |
|
|
|
|
2 024 |
9.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
10 615 |
28.9 |
10 144 |
28.8 |
20 759 |
100 |
49.8% of poor |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
0 |
0 |
|
Source: Country Poverty Assessment – Dominica 2010
NOTES:
[ii] Formula: 100 000 x (Total number of students enrolled in tertiary education in a given academic year/country’s population).
