Grenada
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Leo
Cato
(Male)
Additional information
Elected on 31 Aug. 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Andrew
Augustine
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Feb. 2019.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
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See historical data for this field.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Emmalin Pierre (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
73
Oldest member
Elvin Nimrod (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1974
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1951
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under British administration, women were granted the right to vote on 1 August 1951, under British administration. This right was confirmed at independence.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1951
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1976
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1990
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Grenada Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(January 2009)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
Yes
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Link to rules
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
Discuss issues pertaining to women and the need to bring gender equality and equity to structures, legislation, and economic and social development such as: transformational leadership in gender policies, leadership training for youth parliamentarians.
Provides a platform for inter-generational and cross-party dialogue on issues affecting women in politics and women in Grenada, in general.
Provides a platform for inter-generational and cross-party dialogue on issues affecting women in politics and women in Grenada, in general.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Contact information for the Committee
Address
Office of the Houses of Parliament, P.O. Box 315 Botanical Garden, Tanteen
Saint George
Grenada