Suriname
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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 |
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Law on Combatting Domestic Violence
|
2009
|
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This law punishes financial violence, physical violence, psychological violence and sexual violence |
Currently the Law on Combating Domestic Violence is under revision |
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Penal Code |
1911 |
2009 |
|
Rape within marriage is now penalized |
Gender Policy
|
In existence (Yes/No) |
Title |
Date |
Notes |
|
Yes |
Integral Gender Action Plan
Gender Work Plan |
2006
2013 |
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National Strategic Action Plan on Gender Based Violence
|
In existence (Yes/No) |
Title |
Date |
Notes |
|
No
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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 |
|
No signature date recorded/ 1 March 1993 (A) |
3rd Report – 9 June 2005 |
4th & 5th Report – 1st March 2010 |
Not signed |
Convention of Belem do Para
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status |
|
No signature date/ 3 August 2002 |
Response to Second Mulitlateral Evaluation Round Questionnaire 2009-2014 |
Universal Periodic Review
|
Reporting Status |
Date of Consideration |
Outcome of Review |
Decision of the Outcome |
|
2 May 2011 |
Provided on 11 July 2011 |
Convention on the Rights of the Child
|
Year Signed/Year Ratified |
Reporting Status (Publication Date) |
Report(s) Due |
Concluding Observations |
|
26 January 1900/ 1 March 1993 |
Combined 3rd & 4th Reports - submitted 16 January 2014 |
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 |
||
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No |
% |
No |
% |
No
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||
|
0-14 |
73 676 |
49.0 |
76 565 |
51.0 |
150 241 |
July 2014/CIA World Fact Book |
|
15-24 |
49 313 |
49.0 |
51 322 |
51.0 |
100 635 |
” |
|
25-54 |
124 034 |
49.0 |
128 620 |
51.0 |
252 654 |
” |
|
55-64 |
19 158 |
51.0 |
18 140 |
49.0 |
37 298 |
” |
|
65+ |
18 442 |
56.8 |
14 041 |
43.2 |
32 483 |
” |
|
Total |
284 623 |
49.6 |
288 688 |
50.4 |
573 311 |
” |
|
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000) |
35 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2012/World Bank |
|
Life span
|
Years |
Years |
Years |
2005-2010/UN Population Division |
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|
73.1 |
66.4 |
69.6 |
||||
Education and Training
Student population by sex
|
Educational Level |
Female |
Male |
Total |
Year |
Net enrolment rate (%)[i] |
Year |
|||
|
No |
% |
No |
% |
No
|
Female |
Male |
|||
|
Primary |
33 432 |
48.2 |
35 978 |
51.8 |
69 410 |
2013 |
80.6 |
80.2 |
2013 |
|
Secondary |
28 894 |
55.8 |
22 907 |
44.2 |
51 801 |
2013 |
57.3 |
47.8 |
2013 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
Labour Force Participation Rate |
40.5% |
68.7% |
55.0 |
2011/ECLAC |
|
Unemployment Rate |
19.3% |
19.3% |
12.70% |
2012/World Bank |
|
Youth Unemployment Rate |
57.6% |
23.1% |
33.40% |
” |
|
Part-time employment |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Employed Population by Economic Sector (2011)
|
Economic Sector |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry & Fishing |
|
|
|
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Mining, Quarrying, Electricity, Gas & Water |
|
|
|
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Manufacturing |
|
|
|
|
Construction |
|
|
|
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Wholesale & Retail |
|
|
|
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Transport, Storage & Communication |
|
|
|
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Hotel & Restaurant |
|
|
|
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Financing, Insurance, Real Estate & Other Business Activities |
|
|
|
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Community, Social & Personal Activities |
|
|
|
|
Not stated |
|
|
|
Source:
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 |
14 |
44 |
86 |
51 |
2014/Beijing +20 |
|
Appointed chambers (Senate) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
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Civil Service – Heads of Departments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief of Police |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
Accessed Feb 2015/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police |
|
Judicial appointments |
10 |
62.5 |
6 |
37.5 |
16 |
2013/Beijing +20 |
|
Magistrates appointments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Local government leaders |
295 |
34.6 |
557 |
65.4 |
852 |
2000-2012/Ministry of Home Affairs |
|
Government ministers |
1 |
5.9 |
16 |
94.1 |
17 |
2014/Beijing +20 |
|
Leaders of Parties |
|
|
2 |
|
7 |
Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections+ |
|
Deputy Heads of Parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Speaker of the Parliament |
√ |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2014/Beijing +20 |
|
Head of Government |
-- |
-- |
√* |
-- |
-- |
Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections |
|
Head of State |
-- |
-- |
√ |
-- |
-- |
” |
+ Only 2 party leaders identified.
* The President is both the Chief of State and Head of Government.
Violence against Women
Number and percentage of intimate partner homicides (2013)
|
Homicides
|
Female |
Male |
% of total homicides |
|
Intimate partner homicides |
3 |
|
|
Source: 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 |
Year/Source |
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|
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
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0-14 |
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|
|
|
|
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|
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15-24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25-34 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35-44 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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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 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Source:
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
