Jamaica's silent femicide: utilizing a decolonial feminist approach to prevent femicide

Char-Lee Lewis

Chapter 5 in Research Handbook on Gender, Violence and Law, 2026, pp 76-91 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Jamaica is a party to two legally binding women's human rights conventions, namely the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which is a United Nations (UN) international convention, and the regional Inter-American Belém do Pará Convention. Gender-Based Violence Against Women (GBVAW), including femicide, remains prevalent throughout Jamaica. The UN identifies Jamaica as having one of the highest femicide rates globally. Intimate partner femicide is the only reported form of femicide in Jamaica; however, from empirical research conducted in Jamaica, gang retaliatory violence is also prominent. This involves the retaliatory killing of women by men because of the actions of male relatives or partners. This chapter explores femicide in Jamaica through a decolonial feminist lens and the efficacy of women's rights in preventing femicide in Jamaica.

Keywords: Jamaica; Femicide; Decolonial Feminism; Women’s Human Rights Law; Culture/Identity; Empirical Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035319398
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