A Review of Gender Issues in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica

This report examines the effect of gender on socio-economic outcomes in three Caribbean countries: the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Organized in three separate country notes, it covers: demographics, health and reproductive health, violence, education, labor and agriculture. The report is part of a large effort aimed at establishing a strategic social agenda in the region. Many of the key economic issues that Caribbean countries confront today have an important gender dimension, these includes crime and violence, reproductive and sexual health issues, low education levels, unstable family structure, poverty and inequality. Gender roles and relations influence these socio-economic issues. For example, violent crime is concentrated among young men, who are both victims and offenders; domestic violence is extensive in the Caribbean sub region and for the most and for the most part involves men as the aggressors and women as the victims. Aggressive men behavior has been linked to the inability of men, mostly low income men, to meet social expectations of achieving and providing for the family, as well as to socialization patterns that teach boys to be tough and girls to be submissive. Over the long term, gender work in the three countries should continue to address socialization processes and norms that cause men and women to assume negative roles in the socio-economic stability of each country.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2002-12-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, AGRICULTURE, ALCOHOLISM, BIOLOGICAL FATHERS, BIRTHS, CHILDBEARING, CHILDBIRTH, CLINICS, COMMERCIAL SEX, CONDOM USE, CONDOMS, CONSENSUAL UNIONS, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, CRIME, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOWRY, DYING, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY PREGNANCY, EDUCATION, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EXTENDED FAMILIES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY STRUCTURES, FAMILY SUPPORT, FATHERS, GENDER, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER NORMS, GIRLS, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH-RISK, HIV INFECTION, HOUSEHOLD FORMATION, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, ILLITERACY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INTERVENTION, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAWS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY LEVELS, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOW INCOME, MALE BEHAVIOR, MALE PARTNERS, MALE YOUTH, MARRIED WOMEN, MATERNAL DEATH, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MEDIA, MIGRATION, MORAL VALUES, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHERS, MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS, NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING BOARD, NGOS, PARENTING, PARENTING PROBLEMS, PARENTS, PEER GROUPS, PHYSICAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, POWER, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, RELIGION, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, RISK BEHAVIOR, RISK BEHAVIORS, RISK GROUPS, ROLE MODELS, RURAL AREAS, SEX, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUAL HEALTH CARE, SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES, SIBLINGS, SLAVERY, SOCIAL ATTITUDES, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL ISSUES, SOCIALIZATION, SOCIETY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TEENAGE PREGNANCIES, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TEENAGE WOMEN, TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNPROTECTED SEX, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WORKERS, YOUNG MALES, YOUNG MEN, YOUTH GENDER DISCRIMINATION; GENDER INEQUALITY; GENDER; PREGNANCY; EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SECTOR; VIOLENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; CRIME PREVENTION; FAMILY WELFARE; CULTURAL VALUES; EDUCATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2156902/review-gender-issues-dominican-republic-haiti-jamaica https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15311
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