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National Gender Equality Policy and Action Plan 2022–2027

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 45% 74/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Saint Kitts and Nevis launched a national gender policy in June 2022 covering 10 priority areas; a 2022 CEDAW review recorded a 400% rise in domestic-violence reports (2019-2020), and by 2025 the government had a cross-ministry focal-point committee and monitoring framework.

87 -> 359 cases
Domestic-violence reports (2019-2020)
400%
Increase in domestic-violence reports (2019-2020)
38%
Female representation in Cabinet (2022)
86%
Registered farmers who are male (2022)
National Gender Equality Policy and Action Plan 2022–2027 National Gender Equality Policy and Action Plan 2022–2027

Details

Promoter
Department of Gender Affairs, Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Period
2022–2027
Keywords
public policy, institutional mainstreaming, government, gender-based violence

Context

On 1 June 2022 the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis launched the National Gender Equality Policy and Action Plan 2022-2027, developed with UNESCO and UN Women Caribbean support, setting out ten priority areas spanning governance, economic empowerment, education, health and gender-based violence.

Results

The October 2022 CEDAW review recorded domestic-violence reports rising from 87 cases (2019) to 359 cases (2020), a 400% increase, alongside 38% female representation in Cabinet and 86% of registered farmers being male. By 2024 a cross-ministry Gender Focal Point Committee was established, and in 2025 a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework (MELF) was finalised; on 28 October 2025 the country joined six other Caribbean nations signing a Regional Agreement on Legislative and Policy Priorities on Domestic Violence.

Conclusions

The source explicitly cautions that the rise in reported domestic-violence cases plausibly reflects improved awareness and reporting channels rather than a demonstrated reduction in prevalence, and that the policy remains in an early institution-building phase without outcome-level impact evidence yet available.

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