Global Database on Violence against Women
Trinidad and Tobago
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :302 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 57 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 19 % (3)
Child Marriage :112 % (4)
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 :81 (5)
Trinidad and Tobago Search Data
1 - 10 de 21 ResultsNational Workplace Policy on Sexual Harassment
Trinidad and Tobago | 2019
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Shades of I-She: Every Woman's Story Theatrical Play
Trinidad and Tobago | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Project SARAH: Working with Men
Trinidad and Tobago | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Working with men and boys
Form of Violence : Trafficking
National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago: Final Report
Trinidad and Tobago | 2017
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage) Act 2017
Trinidad and Tobago | 2017
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage
Gender-Based Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: Qualitative Study
Trinidad and Tobago | 2017
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Family and Children Division Act 2016
Trinidad and Tobago | 2016
Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Family law
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Central Registry on Domestic Violence
Trinidad and Tobago | 2016
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Justice
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Study Knowledge and Attitudes Among Adults and Children on Gender Based Violence
Trinidad and Tobago | 2016
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Dedicated violence against women survey
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Unite Against Child Abuse Campaign
Trinidad and Tobago | 2016 | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Pemberton, C and Joseph, J, 2018. National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, DC: IDB, Qure.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 15-64 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Pemberton, C and Joseph, J, 2018. National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, DC: IDB, Qure.
(3) Proportion of women aged 15–64 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: Pemberton, C and Joseph, J, 2018. National Women's Health Survey for Trinidad and Tobago. Washington, DC: IDB, Qure.
(4) 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.
(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 2021/2022.
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