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GRENADA Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action GRENADA Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action May 2019 Towards the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing +25) Prepared by Division of Gender and Family Affairs (The National Machinery for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment) Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment Ministerial Complex Sir Eric Gairy Botanical Gardens St. George’s Grenada Telephone: (473) 440-2269 May 2019 Grenada Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (2019) Contents INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1 SECTION ONE: PRIORITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS................................3 ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES AND SET-BACKS .....................................................................................3 PRIORITIES IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ..................................................................................................7 MEASURES TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ........................11 HUMANITARIAN CRISES ................................................................................................................13 PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS .............................................................................................13 SECTION TWO: PROGRESS ACROSS THE 12 CRITICAL AREAS OF CONCERN ..............................18 INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, SHARED PROSPERITY AND DECENT WORK ........................................................18 Women’s Role in Paid Work and Employment ...................................................................18 Unpaid care and Domestic Work .......................................................................................23 Impact of Austerity/Fiscal Consolidation Measures on Women and Men ...........................24 POVERTY ERADICATION, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL SERVICES .........................................................26 Poverty among Women and Girls ......................................................................................26 Social Protection for Women and Girls ...............................................................................31 Health Outcomes for Women and Girls ..............................................................................35 Education Outcomes and Skills for Women and Girls .........................................................38 FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE, STIGMA AND STEREOTYPES ........................................................................45 Forms of Violence against Women and Girls Prioritised .....................................................45 Actions to Address Violence against Women and Girls .......................................................47 Strategies to prevent Violence against Women and Girls ...................................................54 Discrimination and Gender Bias in the Media ....................................................................57 Violence against Women facing Multiple Forms of Discrimination .....................................58 PARTICIPATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND GENDER-RESPONSIVE INSTITUTIONS ...............................................59 Women’s Participation in Public Life and Decision-Making ................................................59 Women in the Media .........................................................................................................62 Gender Responsive Budgetting ..........................................................................................64 Official Development Assistance ........................................................................................65 National Strategy or Action Plan for Gender Equality .........................................................65 Action Plan for Implementing Recommendations from CEDAW and UPR ...........................69 National Human Rights Institution .....................................................................................70 PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES ................................................................................................70 Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda .....................................................70 Women in Armed Conflict ..................................................................................................71 Violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in Armed Conflict ..........72 Discrimination against the Girl Child ..................................................................................73 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION .....................................................79 Gender and Environmental Policies ....................................................................................80 Grenada Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (2019) Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Resilience and Mitigation.............................80 SECTION THREE: NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES ..................................................83 NATIONAL MACHINERY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN .................................83 HEAD OF NATIONAL GENDER MACHINERY AND THE INSTITUTIONAL PROCESS FOR SDG IMPLEMENTATION .......84 FORMAL MECHANISMS FOR PARTICIPATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ...............................................................85 GENDER EQUALITY IN NATIONAL PLANNING .....................................................................................87 SECTION FOUR: DATA AND STATISTICS ...................................................................................91 PROGRESS IN NATIONAL GENDER STATISTICS ......................................................................................91 PRIORITIES FOR STRENGTHENING NATIONAL GENDER STATISTICS .............................................................93 NATIONAL INDICATORS FOR MONITORING PROGRESS ON THE SDGS ........................................................94 DATA COLLECTION AND COMPILATION ON GENDER-SPECIFIC SDG INDICATORS ..........................................95 SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA ...........................................................................................................95 ANNEX I: CARICOM GENDER EQUALITY INDICATORS ...............................................................97 ANNEX II: GENDER EQUALITY INDICATORS, GRENADA GEPAP ..................................................99 ANNEX III: SUMMARY OF KEY INDICATORS ............................................................................ 100 ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 101 Grenada Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (2019) INTRODUCTION Grenada is committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, among other critical agreements that together form the normative framework for gender equality and the advancement of women and girls. We are therefore pleased to participate in the comprehensive review process and submit this report which provides information on Grenada’s progress, challenges and priorities towards achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. Preparation of this Comprehensive National Review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was led by the National Machinery for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, in consultation Government Ministries, Departments, Statutory Bodies and constituency offices, as well as non-governmental organisations, faith-based organisations, trades unions, community-based organisations, and private sector bodies. A Drafting Team was enlisted. The Drafting Team was led by the Head of the National Machinery for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Elaine Henry-McQueen, Senior Programme Officer, Division of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment. The other members were: o Deborah Cudjoe, Parenting Coordinator, Division of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment o Nicole Neva Pitt, GBV Responder, GBV Unit, Division of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment o Norlisa Lorde, Gender Programme Officer, Division of Gender and Family Affairs, Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment o Jacqueline Lorice Pascal, Coordinator for the Committee for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, Ministry of Social Development, Housing and Community Empowerment o Feona Sandy, Planning Officer I, Office of the Cabinet The process included: - Desk research of laws, policy documents, reports and statistical data - A National Consultation held on April 4, 2019, supported by UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean - Interviews with key informants - Preparation of a draft Report by the Drafting Team - Validation meeting with the Inter-Ministerial Council of Gender Focal Points on April 23, 2019 - Review of the draft report and preparation of the final draft report by the Head of the National
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