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St. Lucia
| Indicator |
Ca. 1994 |
Ca. 2004 |
| Total population |
135,975 |
157,898 |
| Average population growth rate |
1.5 |
1.2 |
| Total fertility rate |
3.2 |
2.2 |
| % births with skilled attendants |
98.6 |
99 |
| GNI per capita PPP US$ |
3,070 |
4,125 |
| Mortality |
| Infant mortality per 1000 live births |
18.4 |
13.6 |
| Life expectancy males |
69.1 |
72.5 |
| Life expectancy females |
73.9 |
75.5 |
| Maternal mortality ratio |
0.54 |
NA |
| Education |
| Primary enrollment (net) males |
16,661 |
14,991 |
| Primary enrollment (net) females |
15,741 |
13,984 |
| Secondary enrollment (net) males |
3,185 |
3,984 |
| Secondary enrollment (net) females |
4,053 |
6,500 |
| Reproductive health |
| Births per 1000 women aged 15-19 |
94.1 |
57.8 |
| Contraceptive prevalence |
NA |
47.3 |
| HIV prevalence rate (%) |
0.15 |
0.24 |
Laws enacted
- Establishment of a Family Court
- Enactment of Domestic Violence Summary Proceedings
- Revision of family law
- Child protection legislation
- Sexual offences act and criminal code
Policies Implemented
- Division of Gender Relations established.
- Establishment of Foster Care Programme for Children (1997);
- Establishment of Women’s Support Centre (2001);
- Legal Aid Clinic of Saint Lucia (2003);
- IEC to children and youth at schools;
- VCT; PMCTC programme; IEC programmes; surveillance, monitoring and registration of HIV positive cases; monitoring of safe blood supplies; advocacy programmes to address ‘sugar daddy’ syndrome.
- Rights-based programming initiative and National Youth Policy (revised, draft) and HFLE policy.
Partnerships established
- No National Convention on Human Rights; however, a rights based approach is the underlying philosophy and framework against which services are measured; periodically reporting to CEDAW.
- Round table on gender based violence established; Government and NGOs collaborate on IEC programs
- Partnerships with NGOs critical to ensure service provision.
- National Cancer Society in collaboration with Community Health Services: Adoption of special programmes for men; Saint Lucia FPA’s weekly clinics for men.
Continuing challenges
Regarding quality health reproductive health services, limited measures undertaken due to lack of human resources |
