Trinidad and Tobago

Overview of Country Gender Equality Status

Normativeand Policy Frameworks

Domestic Violence Act

Title

Date Passed

Date Amended

Contents

Key Amendments

The Domestic Violence Act

12 October 1999

2006

- Protection Orders

- Application for Protection Orders

- Variation, Duration & Revocation of Orders

- Enforcement of Orders

- Police Powers of Entry & Arrest

- Wider definition of family and abuse

- Strengthening of police protection

The Sexual Offences Act

11 November 1986

2006

- Wider range of offences

- Greater protection for children and persons with mental disorders

Gender Policy

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No		June 2009	National Policy on Gender and Development (Draft)

National Strategic Action Plan onGender Based Violence

In existence (Yes/No)	Title	Date	Notes
No			National Action Plan on Gender Based Violence and Sexual Violence being developed.

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

27 June 1985/
12 January 1990

Initial, 2^nd and 3^rd Periodic Reports - 6 February 2001

1 January 2002

11 February 2001

Not signed

Convention of Belem do Para

Year Signed/Year Ratified

Reporting Status

03 November 1995/
08 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
Submitted 19 July 2011	05 October 2011	Provided on: 14 December 2011	15 March 2012

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Year Signed/Year Ratified

Reporting Status (Publication Date)

Concluding Observations

Report(s) Due

30 September 1990/
05 December 1991

2^nd Report:

15 November 2004

41^st Session –

17 March 2006

3^rd & 4^th Reports:

3 January 2009

Population/Demography

Population disaggregated by sex andage

Age Group	Females		Males		Both Sexes	Year/Source
Age Group	No	%	No	%	No	Year/Source
0-14	134 236	49.1	139 179	50.9	273 415	2011/Census
15-24	105 503	49.6	107 116	50.4	212 619	”
25-34	112 933	49.3	116 165	50.7	229 098	”
35-44	88 349	49.4	90 353	50.6	178 702	”
45-54	90 632	49.4	92 666	50.6	183 298	”
55-64	65 498	49.7	66 364	50.3	131 862	”
65+	64 563	54.2	54 461	45.8	119 024	”
Total	661 714	49.8	666 305	50.2	1 328 019	”
Adolescent Fertility Rate (births per 1,000)	35	--	--	--	--	2012/World Bank
Life span	Years		Years		Years	2012/World Bank
Life span	74	--	66	--	70	2012/World Bank

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	63 652	48.5	67 698	51.5	131 350	2010	94.7	95.6	2010
Secondary	N/A	--	N/A	--	N/A	--	75.2 (est.)	70.2 (est.)	2004
Tertiary (per 100,00 inhabitants)[ii]	N/A	--	N/A	--	N/A	--	--	--	--

Source: UNESCOInstitute for Statistics

Labour

Employment status by sex and agegroup

Employment status	Female	Male	Total	Year/Source
Employed
Labour Force Participation Rate	52.3%	71.1%	62.0%	2014 (2^nd quarter)/Labour Force Bulletin
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.0%	3.5%	”
Part-time employed	N/A	N/A	N/A

Employed Population by EconomicSector (2000)

Economic Sector	Female	Male	Total
Sugar Cultivation and Other Agriculture	3 079	23 845	26 924
Petroleum & Gas	950	7 848	8 797
Other Mining	100	675	775
Sugar Refining	388	4 229	4 617
Food, Beverage	5 061	9 946	15 007
Textiles, Apparel	2 112	720	2 832
All Other Manufacturing	5 657	20 090	25 747
Electricity & Gas	1 039	4 642	5 681
Construction	3 446	45 868	49 314
Wholesale & Retail	41 593	38 327	79 920
Transportation, Storage	5 712	24 934	30 646
Financing Insurance	16 482	18 132	34 614
Public Administration	13 868	20 882	34 750
Sanitary & Similar	1 246	4 214	5 460
Social & Related Work	29 878	16 065	45 943
Personal & Household	18 453	19 002	37 455
Other Services	244	221	465
Not stated	4 677	7 386	12 063

Source: National Census Report 2000: Data Analysis

Leadershipand Decision-Making

Number and percentage of women andmen in leadership positions

Leadership Positions	Female		Male		Total	Year/Source
Leadership Positions	No.	%	No.	%	Total	Year/Source
Parliament	12	29.3	29	70.7	41	2014/Beijing +20
Appointed chambers (Senate)	6	19.4	25	80.6	31	”
Civil Service - Permanent Secretaries
Civil Service – Heads of Departments
Chief of Police	-	-	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police
Judicial appointments	19	43.2	25	56.8	44	Accessed Feb 2015/Judiciary of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Magistrates appointments	43	70.5	18	29.5	61	”
Local government leaders	65	34.0	126	66.0	191	2013/Beijing +20
Government ministers	6	20.0	24	80.0	30	Accessed Feb 2015/Government of Trinidad & Tobago
Leaders of Parties	1	12.5	7	87.5	8	Accessed Feb 2015/Caribbean Elections
Deputy Heads of Parties
Speaker of the Parliament	--	--	√	--	--	Accessed Feb 2015/Trinidad & Tobago Parliament
Head of Government	√	--	--	--	--
Head of State	--	--	√	--	--

Violenceagainst Women

Number and percentage of intimatepartner homicides (2013)

Homicides

Female

Male

% of total homicides

Intimate partner homicides

0.98

Source: ECLAC

Genderand Poverty

Poverty and poverty status ofvulnerable populations by sex/age group (based on country’s poverty line ofTT$7 980)

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	1 171	1 193	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source: Analysisof the Trinidad & Tobago Survey of Living Conditions, 2005

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

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