St. Vincent and Grenadines

Overview of Country Gender Equality Status

Normativeand Policy Frameworks

Domestic Violence Act

Title	Date Passed	Date Amended	Contents	Key Amendments
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Domestic Violence Act 2015	30 April 2015		- Preliminary - Protection Orders - Police Powers of Entry and Arrest - Miscellaneous
Domestic Violence (Summary Proceedings) Act	17 October 1995		- Occupation Order - Tenancy Orders - Provisions relation to Occupation and Tenancy Orders
Criminal Code for Sexual Offences	1990	1993

Gender Policy

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No

National Strategic Action Plan onGender Based Violence

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No

Regional and International Human Rights Conventions

CEDAW Convention OptionalProtocol

Year Signed/Year Ratified/Ascension (A)

Reporting Status

(Publication Date)

Concluding Observations

Report(s) Due

Year Signed/Year Ratified

No signature date/

4 August 1981 (A)

Combined 4^th – 8^th Reports – 13 December 2013

Not recorded

To be determined

Not signed

Convention of Belem do Para

Year Signed/Year Ratified	Reporting Status
5 March 1996/31 May 1996	Response to Second Multilateral Evaluation Round Questionnaire (2009-2014)

Universal Periodic Review

Reporting Status	Date of Consideration	Outcome of Review	Decision of the Outcome
17 February 2011	10 May 2011	Provided on: 11 July 2011	18 October2011

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Year Signed/Year Ratified

Reporting Status (Publication Date)

Concluding Observations

Report(s) Due

20 September 1993/

26 October 1993

2^nd & 3^rd Reports -

Submitted 2 December 2013 (not online)

To be determined

Population/Demography

Population disaggregated by sex andage

Age Group	Females		Males		Both Sexes	Year/Source
Age Group	No	%	No	%	No	Year/Source
0-14	13 509	47.4	15 015	52.6	28 525	2007/Statistical Office of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
15-24	9 436	52.2	8 629	47.8	18 065	”
25-34	7 294	54.9	6 003	45.1	13 298	”
35-44	6 396	53.9	5 470	46.1	11 866	”
45-54	6 302	54.3	5 305	45.7	11 607	”
55-64	3 592	52.7	3 223	47.3	6 815	”
65+	5 692	56.6	4 362	43.4	10 054	”
Not stated	22	100.0	--	--	22	”
Total	52 243	52.1	48 007	47.9	100 250	”
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000)	55	--	--	--	--	2012/World Bank
Life span	Years		Years		Years	2012/World Health Organisation
Life span	76		72		--	2012/World Health Organisation

Educationand Training

Student population by sex

Educational Level	Female		Male		Total	Year	Net enrolment rate (%)[i]		Year
Educational Level	No	%	No	%	No	Year	Female	Male	Year
Primary	6 551	48.1	7 051	51.9	13 609	2013	90.0	93.1	2013
Secondary	5 019	48.3	5 375	51.7	10 394	2013	86.5	83.9	2010
Tertiary (per 100,00 inhabitants)[ii]	N.A	--	N.A.	--	N.A.	--	--	--	--

Source: UNESCOInstitute for Statistics

Labour

Employment status by sex

Employment status	Female	Male	Total	Year/Source
Employed
Labour Force Participation Rate	55.7%	78.4%	67.0	2011/ECLAC
Unemployment Rate
Part-time employed	N/A	N/A	N/A

Employed Population by EconomicSector (2001)

Economic Sector	Female	Male	Total
Agriculture	1 000	3 812	4 812
Fishing	18	493	511
Manufacturing	725	1 731	2 456
Electricity, Gas & Water Supply	103	498	601
Construction	180	3 492	3 672
Wholesale & Retail Trade etc.	3 014	2 900	5 914
Hotel & Restaurant	1 357	1 042	2 399
Transport, Storage & Communications	456	2 150	2 606
Financial Intermediation, Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities	523	284	807
Public Administration, Social Security	646	461	1 107
Community, Social & Personal Activities	771	1 386	2 157
Education	1 705	809	2 514
Health & Social Work	562	184	746
Other Community, Social & Personal Service Activities	521	686	1 207
Extra-territorial Organisations & Bodies	9	6	15
Not stated	1 923	1 584	3 512

Source: 2001 Population andHousing Census

Leadershipand Decision-Making

Number and percentage of women and men in leadership positions

Leadership Positions	Female		Male		Total	Year/Source
Leadership Positions	No.	%	No.	%	Total	Year/Source
Parliament	3	13.0	20		23	2010/Inter-Parliamentary Union
Appointed chambers (Senate)	--	--	--	--	--	--
Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries
Civil Service – Heads of Departments
Chief of Police	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police
Judicial appointments	1	50.0	1	50.0	2	2014/Beijing +20 Review
Magistrates appointments	2	50.0	2	50.0	4	2014/Beijing + 20 Review
Local government leaders
Government ministers	1	10.0	9	90.0	10	2015/Government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Leaders of Parties	--	--	3	100.0	3	Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections
Deputy Heads of Parties
Speaker of the Parliament	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/Government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Head of Government	--	--	√	--	--	2015/Caribbean Elections
Head of State	--	--	√	--	--	”

Violenceagainst Women

Number and percentage of intimate partner homicides (2013)

Homicides

Female

Male

% of total homicides

Intimate partner homicides

3.7

Source: ECLAC

Genderand Poverty

Poverty and poverty status ofvulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty index/line– EC$5 523 per annum)

Age group	Female	Male	Indigenous		Disabled		Elderly		PLHIV
Age group	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
0-14
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+
Total	50.8% (of people living in poverty)	49.2% (of people living in poverty)			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source:St. Vincent & the Grenadines Country Poverty Assessment 2007/2008

NOTES:

[i] 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.

[ii] Formula: 100000 x (Total number of students enrolled in tertiary education in a givenacademic year/country’s population).

KEY

N/A Notavailable

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