Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :27.8 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 7 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 23 % (3)
Child Marriage :7.9 % (4)
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 Inequality Index Rank :93 (5)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :42 (6)
Jamaica | 2004
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Jamaica | 2002
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Jamaica | 2001
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Jamaica | 2000
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Jamaica | 2000
Type of Measure : Police > Training
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Jamaica | 2000
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Jamaica | 1998
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Jamaica | 1987
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank and UN Women. 2018. Women's Health and Life Experiences Survey, 2016, Jamaica.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank and UN Women. 2018. Women's Health and Life Experiences Survey, 2016, Jamaica.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–49 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica, Inter-American Development Bank and UN Women. 2018. Women's Health and Life Experiences Survey, 2016, Jamaica.
(4) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF SDG Target 5.3.1 global database 2018, based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other nationally representative surveys.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.