Status of Cedaw in Grenada
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United Nations CEDAW/C/GRD/1-5 Convention on the Elimination Distr.: General 14 May 2010 of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Original: English ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Combined initial, second, third, fourth and fifth periodic report of States parties Grenada GE. CEDAW/C/GRD/1-5 GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA COMBINED INITIAL, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH REPORT ON THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN(CEDAW) This document represents the Initial Report for the Year 1991 and the subsequent reports for 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 Submitted in 2009 2 CEDAW/C/GRD/1-5 Contents Page ACRONYMS................................................................................................................................... Error! 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LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER I: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF GRENADA....................................................................... 8 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Location and Topography....................................................................................................................................... 8 Climate ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Time Zone ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Currency ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Population and Settlement ...................................................................................................................................... 9 Language ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Religion ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Government ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Legal System ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Economic Situation ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Labour Force Participation ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Unemployment and Poverty ................................................................................................................................... 11 Effects of Hurricanes Ivan and Emily..................................................................................................................... 11 HDI Ranking ......................................................................................................................................... 12 CHAPTER II: STATUS OF CEDAW IN GRENADA.......................................................................................... 13 Legal Framework ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Administrative Framework..................................................................................................................................... 13 Situation of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)......................................................................................... 13 Women’s Steering Committee................................................................................................................................ 14 Grenada National Organisation of Women (GNOW)............................................................................................. 14 Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic (LACC) ............................................................................................................ 15 Programme for Adolescent Mothers (PAM)........................................................................................................... 15 Grenada Planned Parenthood Association (GPPA) ................................................................................................ 16 Inter Agency Group of Development Organisations (IAGDO).............................................................................. 16 CHAPTER III: APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION – PART 1.................................................................. 17 Article 1: Definition of Discrimination against Women......................................................................................... 17 Article 2: Obligations to Eliminate Discrimination ................................................................................................ 18 Article 3: Development and Advancement of Women........................................................................................... 20 Article 4: Acceleration of Equality between Men and Women .............................................................................. 23 3 CEDAW/C/GRD/1-5 Article 5: Sex Roles and Stereotyping.................................................................................................................... 24 Article 6: Exploitation of Women .......................................................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER IV: APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION – PART 2.................................................................. 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CHAPTER V: APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION – PART 3 ................................................................... 28 Article 10: Education ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Article 11: Employment ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Article 12: Equality in Access to Health Care ........................................................................................................ 33 Article 13: Social and Economic Benefits.............................................................................................................. 35 Article 14: Rural Women........................................................................................................................................ 36 CHAPTER VI: APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION – PART 4.................................................................. 39 Article 15: Equality before the Law and Civil Matters........................................................................................... 39 Article 16: Equality in Marriage and Family Law.................................................................................................. 39 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................................................... 42 MAPS, CHARTS AND TABLES.......................................................................................................................... 43 MAPS OF GRENADA ......................................................................................................................................... 43 TABLES AND CHARTS....................................................................................................................................... 45 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 4 CEDAW/C/GRD/1-5 ACRONYMS AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ARD Agency for Reconstruction and Development CAREC Caribbean Epidemiology Centre CARICOM Caribbean Community CBO Community Based Organisation CSO Central Statistical Office CWIQ Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire GNOW Grenada National Organisation of Women Inc GPPA Grenada Planned Parenthood Association GRENSAVE Grenada Save the Children Fund GREP Grenada Rural Enterprise Project HDI Human Development Index HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus IAGDO Inter Agency Group of Development Organisations IMF International Monetary Fund LACC Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic NGO Non-governmental Organisation NIS National