The Spotlight Initiative in Haiti aims to protect women and girls from gender-based family violence and to provide holistic care for women and girls who are survivors of violence. It places particular emphasis on the specific needs of groups exposed to multiple forms of discrimination.

The Spotlight Initiative is working with governments and civil society organizations to prevent domestic and family violence by raising awareness, establishing and implementing laws and policies and improving quality essential services for survivors.

The Spotlight Initiative is establishing for the first time in Trinidad and Tobago a foundation for a sustained and integrated approach to preventing family violence.

The Spotlight Initiative in Jamaica is helping to transform society so that women and girls can
live free from family violence. It aims to address the normalization of violence in Jamaica and
have society see family violence as public issue. 

The Spotlight Initiative in Guyana addresses the root causes of violence against women and girls with an emphasis on prevention.

The Spotlight Initiative in Grenada is designed to focus attention, coordinate human effort, and strategically apply resources to the implementation of a well-conceived, comprehensive national programme for ending family violence and all forms of violence against women and girls in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. 

The Spotlight Initiative contributes to ending family violence by strengthening policy and legislation that guarantees the increased protection of women and girls, building the capacity of state and non-state actors to respond to family violence, expanding the range of services available and addressing social norms and behaviours that promote violence against women and girls.