St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Indicator	Ca. 1994	Ca. 2004
Total population	106,499	106,035
Average population growth rate	0.77	-0.02
Total fertility rate	2.8	2.4
% births with skilled attendants	95	99
GNI per capita PPP US$	1,687	3,077
Mortality
Infant mortality per 1000 live births	20.7	15.7
Life expectancy males	68	71.5
Life expectancy females	73	75.4
Maternal mortality ratio (Per 100,000 live births)		50.4
Education
Primary enrollment (net) males	NA	97
Primary enrollment (net) females	NA	93
Secondary enrollment (net) males	62
Secondary enrollment (net) females	NA	79.9
Reproductive health
Births per 1000 women aged 15-19	NA	71.6
Contraceptive prevalence –	NA	52
Contraceptive prevalence – modern methods	48	59
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-24)	NA	0.04
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-24) females	NA	0.38

Laws enacted

Establishment of Family Court (1995);
Gender Affairs Division established (2001);
Introduction of Sexual Abuse of Minors legislation.

Policies Implemented

Government and civil society focusing on the issue; HFLE policy; Youth Centre Programme for out-of-school youth

Partnerships established

Government secures availability of contraception nation wide; supplies are monitored and managed by Central Medical Stores.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines PPA: RH and HIV awareness programmes (1998-2000); establishment of HIV/AIDS Unit and HIV/AIDS Country Coordination
HFLE adopted; public awareness campaigns conducted; collaboration of Gender Affairs Unit, NGOs and Social Services Organisations to promote sensitisation.

Continuing challenges

Marginalisation of boys: more girls than boys attend secondary education; discussion of the needs for more male teachers and the establishment of single-sex schools to improve

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