Global Database on Violence against Women
Barbados
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
1 - 10 of 43 ResultsAnti 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
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
Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) (Amendment Act)
Barbados | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Trafficking in Persons Prevention Act 2016
Barbados | 2016
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
(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.
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