This Grenada Country Gender Assessment (CGA), commissioned by the Caribbean Development Bank, provides a gender analysis of the economic, social and governance sectors in Grenada. The CGA has been developed in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and Housing, the private sector, and civil society in its broadest sense including faith-based organizations. The CGA aims for mutual responsibility and accountability in achieving its objectives. This approach is based on the assumption that effective policy development and implementation need to integrate the perspectives and actions of multiple actors within the society. 

The Grenada Country Gender Assessment recognizes and appreciates the differences between men and women based on biological and physiological realities as well as social constructs. All men/boys and women/girls in Grenada require protection from harm, prejudice and discrimination; access to amenities including health care, opportunities for education and training; and fair recourse to justice. However, men’s and women’s specific requirements of these services, and the ways in which they make use of them, may differ. The CGA identifies a range of institutions and thematic areas that must take on board these gender differences to advance gender equality in the society, e.g., the economy, education, employment and labour, health and well-being, gender-based violence, and leadership and decision-making.