Intimate partner violence in the Caribbean: State, activist and media responses.
Violence in the Caribbean is a major public health and criminal justice problem. In some Caribbean countries, women's share of morbidity and mortality due to violence outstrips men's, which demonstrates a reversal in how gender and violence have been typically and globally understood. This morbidity and mortality among women is frequently a consequence of intimate partner violence (IPV). Using qualitative analysis and feminist discourse and narrative analysis on data from Guyana, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados, the authors of this paper contribute to the growing research on IPV. The central organising questions are how do state, activist and media responses reproduce and/or challenge asymmetrical relations of power and gender, and what does this mean for women's agency in the context of violent relationships. State, activist and media responses reveal how assumptions about gender and IPV contribute to a contradictory context in which women navigate their desired outcomes.
a Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit , University of the West Indies , Cave Hill Campus , Barbados.
Halimah A F
HA
DeShong
a Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit , University of the West Indies , Cave Hill Campus , Barbados.
Tonya
T
Haynes
D015706:Bibliometrics; D017691:Caribbean Region; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009524:Newspapers as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011639:Public Opinion; D011643:Publishing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D066262:Social Norms; D016387:Women's Health; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000639:trends*
Caribbean; agency; gender; intimate partner violence; media