World Bank2023-08-012023-08-012023-06-01https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40135The law in Saint Lucia provides for the same legal status and rights for women as for men, requires equal pay for equal work, and provides equal treatment of men and women for family property, nationality, and inheritance. Its economy is heavily dependent on tourism and services, both of which have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Economic vulnerabilities in St. Lucia are felt more keenly by women, with 42.3 percent of poor households being female headed (compared to a national rate of 25 percent) and larger than male headed households, and more women being found among the working poor, corroborating the challenges women face in the labor market. This profile looks at gender-based violence (GBV) in Saint Lucia, discussing the levels of gender-based violence (GBV), legal, institutional and policy environment for address GBV, social norms driving this violence, and the mechanisms to prevent and respond to GBV.enCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOWOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTDOMESTIC VIOLENCESINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDSVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS (VAWG)GENDER NORMSSOCIAL NORMSINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCECOVID IMPACTPREVALENCE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCEWOMEN'S LABOR MARKETWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/40135