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Suriname
| Indicator |
Ca. 1994 |
Ca. 2004 |
| Total population |
405,930 |
456,374 |
| Average population growth rate |
|
0.9 |
| Total fertility rate |
2.6 |
2.2 |
| % births with skilled attendants |
> 80 |
85 |
| GNP per capita PPP US$ |
|
2,199 |
| Mortality |
| Infant mortality per 1000 live births |
15.9 (98) |
29.1 |
| Life expectancy males |
67.9 |
68.5 |
| Life expectancy females |
73.1 |
73.7 |
| Maternal mortality ratio |
88 (‘98) |
153 |
| Education |
| Primary enrollment (net) males |
NA |
76.3% |
| Primary enrollment (net) females |
NA |
78.7 |
| Secondary enrollment (net) males |
NA |
NA |
| Secondary enrollment (net) females |
NA |
NA |
| Reproductive health |
| Births per 1000 women aged 15-19 |
14.9 (98) |
15.8 |
| Contraceptive prevalence – modern methods |
42.1 (00) |
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| HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-24) |
NA |
1.4 (’02) |
Laws enacted
Amendment of STI law to include HIV/AIDS to facilitate surveillance; provision of ARVs.
Policies Implemented
- Nation wide cervical screening programme by Ministry of Health;
- National AIDS programme established;
- Ministry of Health currently preparing a policy regarding adolescents and reproductive health to be integrated into primary health care.
- Youth Parliament; Youth Ambassadors
- Ministry of Home Affairs: Establishment of Commission on gender legislation involving Government and NGOs: integrated gender action plan; gender focal point in all ministries; management training for female staff in public service; Gender Bureau: gender mainstreaming, address gender based violence, collaboration with Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire in ‘Regional Collaboration on Gender Policy’; various efforts to promote legal protection of children, particularly the girl child.
- All retirees (public and private sector) are entitled to pensions.
- Systems in place for social support and health care for the elderly.
- Needs assessment of the living conditions of the elderly conducted by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
- Social security benefits for the elderly increased.
- Introduction of invalidity and widow/widowers pensions
Partnerships established
- NGOs and private sector have established monitoring tools.
- NGOs to address commercial sex-workers
- Promotion of the Rights of the Child: Basic Life Skills Programme in primary schools, peer education programmes for in and out-of school youth conducted by NGOs; ‘Men mit Men’ and other NGOs promote non-discrimination against women.
- Peer education by various NGOs to enhance male responsibility; adoption of ‘Basic Life Skills Programme’.
Continuing challenges
National Strategic Education Plan and Long Term Development Plan, no particular programmes to address gender disparities in education |
