Abstract
This paper is a conference paper that was presented at 34th Annual Caribbean Studies Association Conference, June 2009 in Kingston, Jamaica on a panel organised by Freidrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation on the Nexus between Academia and Activism. The paper provides a discussion and an interpretation of academia and activism, connections and tensions therein, in Jamaica during legal reform process of sexual offences legislation, 2006-2007 involving civil servants, social justice advocates and activists representing rights of women, LGBT persons, children and persons with disability. The paper draws on two years of engagement with Government of Jamaica's Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Sexual Offences formed in 2006-2007 to review and revise two pieces of legislation governing sexual offences – Offences Against Persons Act and Incest Punishment Act; into a new Bill – Sexual Offences Bill (passed in 2009); and examines key issues and challenges that arose over period.
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