TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS |
COUNTRY
NUMBER OF STORIES
Antigua
39 44
Barbados St. Lucia
19
Trinidad and Tobago
319
Frame and Perspective and Narrative Approach were the key criteria and focus of the analysis. As the analysis progressed, the other criteria were examined as aspects of these. The media landscape for the countries examined is as follows:
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
BARBADOS SAINT LUCIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Area
440km^2
430km^2 287,371 $13,826
617km^2 182,790
5,128km^2 1,367,558
Population
93,219 $15,781
GDP per capita
$8,804
$14,876
Approximate Number of Media Workers
35
80
30
250
Media Houses Print
1
2 2
2 0
3 5
Television
2 2 2
Radio Online
20
10
36
7
5
3
Is there State-owned media (Yes/No)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Social Media Data: Internet Users Facebook Users Instagram Users
75.3K 54.6K
235.4K
140.4K
1.210K 754.7K
144K
90.1K 62.1K
37.1K 631K Table 11 – The Media Landscape in relation to key country demographics for Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago 171.6K
As the research reviews and analyzes Caribbean media coverage of Trafficking In Persons (TIP), it is important to contextualize it based on accepted definitions to which media practitioners say they refer as stated below:
Trafficking in persons: universally defined in the United Nations Trafficking in Persons Protocol 21 . Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol states that trafficking in persons “shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.” 1 The United States Trafficking Victims and Persons Act (TVPA) of 2000 defines “severe forms of trafficking in
21 United Nations Trafficking in Persons Protocol
A Media Analysis of the Coverage of Youth Involvement in Crime and Violence and Trafficking in Persons (June 2021 to June 2023) in the Eastern Caribbean 53
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