Twenty-one lessons: preventing domestic violence in the Caribbean

Jones, Adele; Jemmott, Ena Trotman; Breo, Hazel Da; Buckmire, Tyrone; Tannis, Denise; Rose, Lee; Best, Francia; Joseph, Debra D.; Möller, Christian

doi:10.5920/21lessons.2017

“…Though pregnancy is not of itself a source of vulnerability, it can be a catalyst for violence. ( Audi et al, 2008 ) A Caribbean study noted that for some women, violence began when they got pregnant, while for others, men used the pregnancy situation to exert more violence and control than they had previously ( Jones et al, 2017 ). Pregnant women are rendered vulnerable because of IPV, in that violence places them at extreme risk of adverse maternal and infant outcomes ( Silverman et al, 2006 ; McMahon et al, 2011 ).…”

Section: Women In Especially “Vulnerable” Circumstances–a Constructivist Lensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child Sexual Abuse as Lifespan Trauma Within the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of Caribbean Women

Jones

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2021

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Background: There is a dearth of research which explores sexual abuse from perspectives of Caribbean women, despite its high prevalence in the region. While sexual violence is universal, tackling it requires a deep understanding of the contextual specificities in which it arises and of the intersections of gender with other sources of oppression and marginalisation. It also calls for the recognition that intimate partner violence against women is not separate from, but linked to violence against girls, not only because both are forms of gender-based violence but because together they speak to its historical, persistent and accumulative effects.Methods: In-depth intensive interviews were carried out with 35 women from Barbados and Grenada, aged 18–60 years who had experienced intimate partner violence under one of the following circumstances: during pregnancy (n = 15), as a woman a with disability (n = 8), as a woman living with HIV (n = 12). Interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed and thematically analyzed.Results: The participants experienced multiple forms of violence within their relationships, often concurrently. Twenty-one of the women had been subject to sexual violence and of these, 19 had experienced sexual abuse as children; these experiences were viewed as interconnected and bolstered by the high level of violence-acceptance reported within communities. Women were subject to different forms of control by their partners depending upon prevailing discourses related to their circumstances (as pregnant, disabled, or HIV positive); being ‘vulnerable’ was synonymous with having one’s agency as an independent, autonomous person constrained and little external help was available.Conclusion: The study identified a clear chain of sexual behaviors, each of which fuel different layers of the problem: the prevalence of early sexualization of children is associated with the prevalence of child sexual abuse; child sexual abuse is pervasive in large part, because of the normalisation and social acceptance of violence against women and girls; “cultural” normalcy, in turn, fuels attitudes which contribute to sexual violence against women and women in especially vulnerable circumstances face additional risks. Integrated policy, which tackles these as interconnected issues is called for.

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“…The None in Three game features a number of gameplay systems that have been designed to allow the player to role-play as a variety of characters in various scenarios. These were drawn from qualitative research on domestic violence carried out by the project team with 109 adults (female = 49; male = 60) in Barbados and Grenada in 2016 [21]. Semi structured interviews and focus groups were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically using a-priori themes drawn from a narrative review of the literature and the primary research questions.…”

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“…Including realworld information provides the game with an additional element of educational content. The level also references Rondell's drinking, which has been determined as a contributing factor to violence [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Players will learn how to reassure a victim, what the impact of violence on an unborn child can be and how to provide the victim with the information they need to escape from the situation. This level is based around the preliminary research that revealed how Domestic Violence does not always stop during pregnancy, and an abuser's behaviour can actually worsen during this period [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

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None in Three: The Design and Development of a Low-Cost Violence Prevention Game for the Caribbean Region

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Jones

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Domestic violence is a persistent and universal problem occurring in every culture and social group, with lack of empathy identified as a contributing factor. On average, one in three women and girls in the Caribbean experience domestic violence in their lifetime. In this paper we demonstrate the techniques used during the creation of a low-cost, violence prevention game titled None in Three, targeted at enhancing empathy and awareness among young people in Barbados and Grenada. A research trip was undertaken to gather photographic reference and to meet with young people. Methods to measure the emotional state of players and awareness of characters in-game were explored. Costsaving measures such as asset store purchases were evaluated. Custom tools were created in order to speed up production, including a bespoke event editor for multiple-choice dialogue sequences, and the use of motion capture libraries and auto-rigging tools to speed up character animation workflows.

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“…Including realworld information provides the game with an additional element of educational content. The level also references Rondell's drinking, which has been determined as a contributing factor to violence [21]. Fig.…”

Section: Game Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Serious Games

2017

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Domestic violence is a persistent and universal problem occurring in every culture and social group, with lack of empathy identified as a contributing factor. On average, one in three women and girls in the Caribbean experience domestic violence in their lifetime. In this paper we demonstrate the techniques used during the creation of a low-cost, violence prevention game titled None in Three, targeted at enhancing empathy and awareness among young people in Barbados and Grenada. A research trip was undertaken to gather photographic reference and to meet with young people. Methods to measure the emotional state of players and awareness of characters in-game were explored. Costsaving measures such as asset store purchases were evaluated. Custom tools were created in order to speed up production, including a bespoke event editor for multiple-choice dialogue sequences, and the use of motion capture libraries and auto-rigging tools to speed up character animation workflows.

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Twenty-one lessons: preventing domestic violence in the Caribbean

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Child Sexual Abuse as Lifespan Trauma Within the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of Caribbean Women

Child Sexual Abuse as Lifespan Trauma Within the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of Caribbean Women

None in Three: The Design and Development of a Low-Cost Violence Prevention Game for the Caribbean Region

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