Montserrat
| Overview of Country Gender Equality Status
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Normativeand Policy Frameworks
Domestic Violence Act
| Title | Date Passed | Date Amended | Contents | Key Amendments |
| Family (Protection against Domestic Violence) Act
| 1 January 2002 (original 24 November 1998) |
| - Protection Orders - Occupancy Orders - Tenancy Orders - Interim Orders - Counselling - Appeals - Protection of Mortgagee |
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GenderPolicy
| In existence (Yes/No) | Title | Date | Notes |
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National Strategic Action Plan on Gender Based Violence
| In existence (Yes/No) | Title | Date | Notes |
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Regional and International Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Convention OptionalProtocol
| Year Signed/Year Ratified/Ascension (A) | Reporting Status (Publication Date) | Report(s) Due | Concluding Observations | Year Signed/Year Ratified |
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Convention of Belem do Para
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Universal Periodic Review
| Reporting Status | Date of Consideration | Outcome of Review | Decision of the Outcome |
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
| Year Signed/Year Ratified | Reporting Status (Publication Date) | Concluding Observations | Report(s) Due |
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Population/Demography
Population disaggregated by sex andage
| Age Group | Females | Males | Both Sexes
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| No | % | No | % | No
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| 0-14 | 481 | 49.5 | 490 | 50.5 | 971 | |
| 15-24 | 257 | 43.7 | 331 | 56.3 | 588 | ” |
| 25-34 | 305 | 51.1 | 292 | 48.9 | 597 | ” |
| 35-44 | 413 | 53.4 | 361 | 46.6 | 774 | ” |
| 45-54 | 333 | 46.8 | 379 | 53.2 | 712 | ” |
| 55-64 | 243 | 41.3 | 346 | 58.7 | 589 | ” |
| 65+ | 344 | 49.8 | 347 | 50.2 | 691 | ” |
| Total | 2 376 | 48.3 | 2 546 | 51.7 | 4 922 | ” |
| Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000) | 33.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2004/UN |
| Life span
| Years | Years | Years | 2014/Caribbean Elections | ||
| 80 | 76 | __ | ||||
Educationand Training
Student population by sex
| Educational Level | Female | Male | Total | Year | Net enrolment rate (%)[1] | Year | |||
| No | % | No | % | No
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| Primary | 215 | 49.0 | 224 | 51.0 | 439 | 2014 | N/A | N/A | -- |
| Secondary | 166 | 48.4 | 177 | 51.6 | 343 | 2014 | 96 (est.) | 95 (est.) | 2007 |
| Tertiary (per 100,00 inhabitants)[2] | N/A | -- | N/A | -- | 1 215 (est.) | 2010 | -- | -- | -- |
Source: UNESCOInstitute for Statistics
Labour
Employment status by sex
| Employment status | Female | Male | Total | Year/Source |
| Employed Labour Force | 1 233 | 1 485 | 2 718 | 2011/Country Gender Assessment[3] |
| Labour Force Participation Rate | 96.0% | 92.0% | 93.4% | 2011/Population and Housing Census[4] |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.1% | 8.6% | 6.4% | 2011/ Country Gender Assessment[5] |
| Part-time employed | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Employed Population by Economic Sector (2014)
| Economic Sector | Female | Male | Total |
| Agriculture, Hunting & Forestry | 6 | 31 | 37 |
| Fishing | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Mining & Quarrying | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| Manufacturing | 39 | 52 | 91 |
| Electricity, Gas, Water Supply | 19 | 56 | 75 |
| Construction | 8 | 300 | 308 |
| Wholesale & Retail Trade | 135 | 143 | 278 |
| Hotels & Restaurants | 77 | 28 | 105 |
| Transport, Storage & Communication | 62 | 114 | 176 |
| Financial Intermediation | 51 | 14 | 65 |
| Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities | 31 | 53 | 84 |
| Public Administration & Defence & Compulsory Social Security | 289 | 344 | 633 |
| Education | 104 | 22 | 126 |
| Health & Social Work | 185 | 27 | 212 |
| Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activities | 39 | 28 | 67 |
| Activities of Personal Households as Employers of Undifferentiated | 82 | 48 | 130 |
| Not stated | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Source: Country Gender Assessment[6]
Leadershipand Decision-Making
Number and percentage of women andmen in leadership positions
| Leadership Positions | Female | Male | Total | Year/Source | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Parliament | 1 | 11.0 | 8 | 89.0 | 9 | 2014/Caribbean Elections |
| Appointed chambers (Senate) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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| Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries | 2 | 40.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 5 | 2014/Country Gender Assessment[7] |
| Civil Service – Senior Government Officials | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 37.5 | 8 | ” |
| Chief of Police | -- | -- | √ | -- | -- | Accessed Feb 2015/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police |
| Judicial appointments | 0 | -- | 1 | 100 | 1 | |
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| Government ministers | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 75.0 | 4 | |
| Leaders of Parties | 0 | -- | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections |
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| Speaker of the Parliament | √ | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Head of Government | -- | -- | √ | -- | -- | Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections |
| Head of State | -- | -- | √ | -- | -- | ” |
Violenceagainst Women
Number and percentage of intimatepartner homicides (2013)
| Homicides
| Female | Male | % of total homicides |
| Intimate partner homicides | 0 | 0 | -- |
Source: Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and EconomicManagement[8]
Genderand Poverty
Poverty and poverty status ofvulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty index/line)
| Age group | Female | Male | Indigenous | Disabled | Elderly | PLHIV | Year/Source | ||||
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| 25-34 |
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| 35-44 |
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| 45-54 |
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| 55-64 |
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| Total | N/A | N/A[9] | -- | -- | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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[1] Net enrolmentrate – the number of children of the official school age enrolled in theeducational level as a percentage of the total children of the official schoolage population.
[2] Formula: 100000 x (Total number of students enrolled in tertiary education in a givenacademic year/country’s population).
[3] Nana OyeHesse and Rawwida Baksh and Associates, Country Gender Assessment, Montserrat(Vol. 1), January 2015 (presented to Caribbean Development Bank)
[4] Emailreceived from Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and EconomicManagement dated 10 April 2015
[5] SeeFootnote 3
[6] See Footnote3
[7] See Footnote3
[8] SeeFootnote 4
[9] The Montserrat Survey of Living Conditions,2009 noted the following: “There is no difference in theincidence of poverty between males and females. Nor is there a significantdifference between male and female headed households” (p53). See http://www.caribank.org/uploads/2012/12/Montserrat-2009-vol-1_v7.pdf
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