Applying an intersectional gender and political economy approach, this case study explores: 1) the prevalence and social acceptance of gang-related GBV within contexts of corruption in Jamaica based on literature review and secondary statistics to provide background for the perspectives; and 2) views shared in key informant interviews (KIIs) with twenty eight institutional and civil society staff who work with GBV survivors, survivor representative groups, and individual survivors in Jamaica. The case study diagnoses the state of GBV impunity in Jamaica, identifies solutions to address impunity, and provides practical recommendations to USAID on how to operationalize changes needed to promote pathways to GBV accountability that were recommended by—and center on—GBV survivors.
This report is part of several case studies that comprise the Latin America and Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response (LACLEARN) Gender-based Violence (GBV) Impunity Regional Study. Access the other GBVI regional studies:
- Gender-Based Violence Impunity Regional Study: Jamaica Case Study (LACLEARN)
- Gender-Based Violence Impunity Regional Study: Mexico Case Study (LACLEARN)
- Gender-Based Violence Impunity Regional Study: Honduras Case Study (LACLEARN)
- Gender-Based Violence Impunity Regional Study: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico (LACLEARN)