Global Database on Violence against Women
Bahamas
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : Official National Statistics Not Available
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :77 (1)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :37 (2)
Bahamas Search Data
1 - 10 of 14 ResultsTraining of the Royal Bahamas Police Force on Domestic Violence Prevention
Bahamas | 2009
Type of Measure : Police > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Trafficking in Persons (Prevention and Suppression) Act
Bahamas | 2008
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act
Bahamas | 2007
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Unit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force
Bahamas | 2007
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines, Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence
Emergency Hotline Operated by the Royal Bahamas Police Force
Bahamas | 2007
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline, Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Bahamas Crisis Centre
Bahamas | 2007
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > One-stop centers
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence
24 hour Hotline Operated by the Bahamas Crisis Centre
Bahamas | 2007
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual violence, Violence against women and girls
Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Certificate Seminar for Police
Bahamas | 2006
Type of Measure : Police > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Workshop on Domestic Violence and Violence against Women
Bahamas | 2005
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2016.
(2) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2016.
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