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