Policy, Politics & Practice
The increased enrollment of women in tertiary institutions has had the following impact on women's employment outcomes:
a) Women are more likely to work part-time and be under-employed
b) Women are more likely to outpace men in full-time, stable employment.
A) The 2016 Barbados Survey of Living Conditions estimated that women are more likely to work part-time and be under-employed – i.e., they would like to work longer hours than they are currently employed to do.
There are four women national heroes in Barbados.
For the first time in history, this Caribbean country has three women occupying the top constitutional offices at the same time. These are: the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and President.
What is the name of that country?
Trinidad and Tobago
In Barbados, (accounting for age and education) men outearn women by 5 percent.
False.
Men as a group earn 18% more than women.
In 2013, Jamaica passed a piece of legislation titled, National Policy for the Reintegration of School-Aged Mothers. Why do you think this had to be done?
Young mothers were systematically being denied access to schools to complete their secondary-school education after having a child.
True or False: The sexual grooming of a child is prohibited by law in at least five (5) Caribbean countries.
TRUE:
The sexual grooming of a child is criminalised in Bermuda, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname.
This is the age of consent in Barbados.
16.
True or false: Seventeen-year-olds can get married in Barbados.
True.