ABSTRACT Sexual violence against women and girls in Jamaica is endemic. However, the problem has not amassed the public outrage and attention that other forms of violence have garnered. It also has not received the scholastic intensity and the communal investments it deserves. The current article aims to focus attention on the disturbing issue of sexual violence against women and girls in the Jamaican context and to steer the matter into the academic arena. The review suggests that the risk factors for sexual violence against Jamaican women and girls are akin to those reported in international studies and similarly catalysed by the complex interplay of structural and socio-cultural features of the society. In light of the paucity of relevant local research, the article discusses critical strategies that have been effective in international settings and their probable benefits to the local setting in stemming the incidence of sexual violence.

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关于牙买加针对女孩和妇女的性暴力的讨论

摘要在牙买加，对妇女和女童的性暴力行为很普遍。但是，这个问题并未引起其他形式的暴力事件引起公众的愤怒和关注。它也没有得到应有的学术强度和公共投资。本文旨在将注意力集中在牙买加背景下针对妇女和女童的性暴力这一令人不安的问题上，并将这一问题带入学术领域。该评论表明，针对牙买加妇女和女童的性暴力的危险因素与国际研究中报道的危险因素相似，并且社会的结构和社会文化特征之间复杂的相互作用也同样促进了这种危险因素。鉴于当地相关研究的匮乏，