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