Multimedia Collection
House on Fire: Jamaica
(A Question of Rights series)
VHS
15 minutes
HQ1236 .H681 1998
Mother-of-eight Gloria Jones is used to being beaten by her husband, James. It's part of the heritage Jamaican women expect from their men folk. She, in turn, beats her children. How can this cycle of violence be broken?
The Caribbean has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world. Triggered by unemployment and drug use, it's also perpetuated by a culture that still fails to condemn violence against women, and sexual violence in particular, as a crime.
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