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

Child Marriage :29.2 % (1)

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 :64 (2)

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :30 (3)

Barbados Search Data

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Anti Violence Campaign: Peace Begins With Me, Talk it Out, Violence Solves Nothing

Barbados | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls


Seminars and Sensitisation Sessions on Trafficking

Barbados | 2018

Type of Measure : Education > Formal education

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Sensitization on Domestic Violence in Schools

Barbados | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Breakfast Leadership and Advocacy Seminar

Barbados | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Community Discussion on Domestic Violence

Barbados | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence


Information and Education Campaigns on Trafficking

Barbados | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Employment Sexual Harassment (Prevention) Act 2017

Barbados | 2017

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment


Training Programme for Health Services

Barbados | 2017

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization

Form of Violence : Sexual harassment


Trafficking in Persons Prevention Act 2016

Barbados | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Trafficking


Sexual Offences Act (Amendment) 2016

Barbados | 2016

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Sexual violence


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(1) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.


(2) 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 2021/2022.


(3) 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 2022.