General Objective:The overall goal of the Policy is to promote gender equality, equity, social justice and sustainable development in Grenada. Gender, Culture and Socialisation Policy Statement
The Government will engage the key institutions
of socialisation in the society, the home, school,
community, faith-based organisations and the
media, in the process of gender sensitisation,
training and public awareness-raising to promote
positive and non-discriminatory relations
between men/boys and women/girls based on the
principles of gender equality and equity.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To foster a society and culture based on beliefs,
values and practices that promote full equality and
equity between men/boys and women/girls.
Gender, Education and Training
Policy Statement The Government is committed to equal access to
education and training programmes, including in
non-traditional fields, without regard to gender,
class, geography (urban/rural), age and other
social factors, in order for the country to achieve
the human capital necessary for entrepreneurship
and wealth generation, poverty reduction,
analytical thinking, design and innovation, and
creative problem solving, among others.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To promote gender equality and equity in
education and training in order that men/boys and
women/girls may attain their fullest potential and
contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction
and sustainable development.
Gender, Labour and Employment
Policy Statement The Government will undertake specific policy,
legislative and programming interventions to
achieve gender equality and equity in labour and
employment, including: ensuring adherence to
the principle of equal pay for work of equal value;
advancing the rights of workers in non-regulated
sectors; promoting gender-responsive enterprise
training for men, women and youth; and
reviewing social security provisions to ensure
equitable provisions for men and women in the
formal and informal labour force, and unwaged
workers in the home.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To foster the equitable participation of and
benefits for men and women in the labour force,
while recognising the contribution of unwaged
reproductive work to national development.
Gender, Agriculture and Tourism
Policy Statement The Government is committed to promoting
gender equality in agriculture and tourism,
equitable access to productive resources,
opportunities for entrepreneurial development
linking agriculture to agri-business and tourism,
and facilitating the nation’s goals of agricultural
diversification, food security, economic growth,
poverty reduction, and sustainable development.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To promote gender equality in agriculture and
tourism, recognising men’s and women’s
complementary roles, increasing their equitable
access to productive resources, creating
entrepreneurial opportunities linking agriculture
to tourism, and facilitating the nation’s goals of
agricultural diversification, food security,
economic growth, poverty reduction, and
sustainable development. Gender, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
Policy Statement The Government will ensure genderresponsiveness in programmes and initiatives to
strengthen the economy, reduce poverty and
create employment, and will encourage financial
and private sector agencies to promote genderresponsive operations and programming.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
To transform the goals of economic policy to
include gender equality and social justice, and
promote the equitable and sustainable economic
and social development of men and women.
Gender, Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Natural Resource Management
Policy Statement The Government will recognise and integrate the
different and complementary roles of men and
women into policies and strategies on climate
change, disaster management and natural resource
development, and the building of a ‘green economy’.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To integrate gender equality into disaster
management, climate change and related
strategies, as a means of facilitating men’s and
women’s complementary roles in environmental
management and building a ‘green economy’.
Gender, Health and Well-being
Policy Statement The Government will promote equitable access to
quality health care by boys/men and girls/women
throughout their life cycles, and gender-specific
sexual and reproductive health care for men,
women and adolescents.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To provide all men and women in Grenada,
Carriacou and Petite Martinique with quality,
equitable and gender-responsive health care
throughout their life cycles, thus enhancing their
personal, social and productive lives.
Gender, Violence and Security
Policy Statement The Government will promote human security by
coordinating the effective functioning of relevant
legislation, the police, judicial system, social service
agencies and channels of public education to
combat and reduce all forms of violence, especially
gender-based violence.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To develop and implement a multi-sectoral
approach to prevent, treat and reduce the
incidence of all forms of gender-based violence
and wider forms of violence in the society.
Gender, Leadership and Decision-making
Policy Statement The Government will institute measures to remove
the barriers to women’s and men’s equitable
participation in power and decision-making at all
levels, including addressing discriminatory and
stereotypical attitudes and practices.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To promote men’s and women’s equal access to,
enhanced capacity for, and full participation in
leadership and decision-making as a means of
transforming governance at all levels
Legislative Framework for Gender Equality and Institutional Capacity
to implement GEPAP and for Gender Mainstreaming
Policy Statement The Government will undertake a process of
legislative review and reform to promote gender
equality and equity in national development, and
put in place the institutional structures and
mechanisms for the implementation of GEPAP and
for gender mainstreaming.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES To ensure that there is a legislative framework in
place to promote gender equality and equity and
institutional structures and mechanisms for
gender mainstreaming
