This is an exploratory assessment of trafficking in persons in the Caribbean (Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, St Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago), including level and scope of human trafficking and the characteristics and profiles of potential victims and human traffickers.
Category Archives: Research – Caribbean
Study of Female Sex Workers, Client Types and Risk Behavior in the Sex Work Industry in Jamaica
The purpose of this study was to collect information to develop the brand, messages, and campaign for increasing condom access and availability to promote safer sex among female sex workers in Jamaica.
Baseline Survey: Knowledge, Attitude & Practices Regarding Child Maltreatment in Jamaica
This baseline market study ascertains the currently held views, opinions, knowledge levels, attitudes, practices and behaviour towards child abuse and reporting, including child trafficking.
An Investigation into the State’s Response to the Trafficking of Women and Girls in Jamaica
This paper examines the Jamaican government’s response to human trafficking, with specific focus on the trafficking of women and young girls.
“I feel scared all the time.” A Jamaican sex worker tells her story
This article presents the experiences of a Jamaican sex worker and the risks and violations that are endured day-to-day by Jamaican sex workers on the street. This includes risk of arrest, police harassment, and abuse and violence from clients and others.
Tourism and sexual violence and exploitation in Jamaica: contesting the “trafficking and modern slavery” frame
This paper presents preliminary findings from mixed methods research on Jamaicans’ experiences of working in the sex trade and in the formal and informal tourism economy.