None of the studies looks at the influence of religious/spiritual traditions and their role in Haitian women’s world views. In 2021, human rights organizations publicly warned that the control of working class neighborhoods by paramilitaries has increased the cases of gender violence by up to 377%. However, there has been neither a manifestation of will nor concrete action by the government to address these problems. As a result, at least 52 women and girls were victims of collective and repeated sexual abuse by paramilitaries from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Cité Soleil (a neighborhood in the north of Port-au-Prince). Among the victims are a 14-year-old minor and 12 survivors between 18 and 25 years of age. According to the CIA World Factbook, more than 58% of Haiti’s population lives below the poverty level, and more than 40% of the country’s people are unemployed.

Dr. Pierre-Louis is a pediatrics specialist who has established herself in the field of public health by successfully participating in several awareness and prevention campaigns against diseases, including the severe outbreak of cholera. Since 2006, she has been responsible for the Department of Health Promotion and Environmental Protection within the Ministry of Public Health and Population. In winter games 2022 medals recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, six Haitian professionals working in different sectors share their professional journeys and the obstacles they have faced as professional women. Providing Know Your Rights engaging asylum seekers in participatory action research to know their rights, risks & and policy changes that impacts their lives, while countering immigration fraud. With your help, we can do more to ensure the safety and well-being of Haiti’s women and girls. On 14 August, the country was hit by a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake that affected over 800,000 people in its southwestern peninsula, killing thousands and leaving tens of thousands more displaced. Days later, the country was struck by tropical storm Grace, causing flooding in the earthquake-affected areas and exacerbating the damage and suffering.

As we celebrate International Women’s Month, The Haitian Times is pleased to highlight just a few across backgrounds, careers and lifestyles that we see making a difference in their chosen fields and how they live. They all share a passion for seeking to make a positive impact as they move through the world, and we will feature some of them throughout the month. To this day, Haiti is "gripped by shocking levels of sexual violence against girls"; of particular concern is the number of cases of sexual violence reported in the run-up to or during Carnival. Some Haitian scholars argue that Haitian peasant women are often less restricted socially than women in Western societies or even in comparison to more westernized elite Haitian women.

• While the journey to Massachusetts was a relatively simple one because of the fortunate economic situation of her parents, Desire and her brother faced challenges with racism and anti-Haitian sentiments as they settled into their new home and schools in Boston.
• Often it’s that said if you want to make money, never think of becoming a teacher.
• By 1988, when she first invited those five women to her parents’ basement, she was a recent college graduate with a wealth of organizing experience and growing concerns about Boston’s Haitian community.

They defined an alternative French citizenship, which recognized difference, particularly race, as part of a 'universal' French identity. Spanning Atlantic port cities in Haiti, Senegal, Martinique, Benin, and France, this book is a major contribution to scholarship on citizenship, race, empire, and gender, and it sheds new light on debates around human rights and immigration in contemporary France. A new look at a contentious period in the history of the Atlantic world Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions transformed the Atlantic world. This book is the first to analyze these events through a comparative lens, revealing several central themes in the field of Atlantic history. From the murky position of the European empire between the Old and New Worlds to slavery and diaspora, Wim Klooster offers insights into the forces behind the many conflicts in the Atlantic world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Digging deeply into the structural causes and oppressive environments in which these revolutions occurred, Klooster debunks the popular myth that the "people" rebelled against a small ruling elite, arguing instead that the revolutions were civil wars in which all classes fought on both sides.

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It is a story about hatred and fear, love and loss, and the complex tensions between colonizer and colonized, masterfully translated by Kaiama L. Glover. The troubles before the 2004 coup were seen by most of the nationwide women's group as a reminder of the 1991–94 coup d'etat tactics with the use of rape, kidnapping and murders as forms of intimidation. Women in Haiti have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural and social fields, as well as in the family.

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Today, I am no longer present in public demonstrations, marches or events, but I keep an eye on these issues on a daily basis, and take into a gender approach into account in all DRM actions. When the situation arises I assist victims of discrimination however I am able. As a teacher, I have been able to set aside time for learners having difficulty and provide them with the help they need to push their limits both intellectually and behaviorally. As a civil engineer professional, I started my career in the Ministry of Agriculture as head of the infrastructure unit in 2004.

USIP’s Andrew Cheatham spoke with several Haiti experts about the structural and security challenges Haiti faces and possible solutions going forward. We promote women’s access to social and economic opportunities by expanding their knowledge, developing their abilities to become self-sufficient, and taking control of their destiny. Fortunately, Haiti’s subsistence farmers can learn to protect their land and adopt methods that increase their harvests. All they need are proper tools and training — but often, these only become accessible when Catholic charities and generous donors step forward to provide such vital resources. When you support these special outreaches, you can transform the lives of impoverished women, empowering them to better provide for their families’ nutritional needs and to increase their household income. Beyond these challenges, women often grow up immersed in an agricultural lifestyle and remain in that world throughout their lives.

As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Rainsford, a career officer in the British army, went to Haiti to recruit black soldiers for the British. By publishing his observations of the prowess of black troops, and recounting his meetings with Toussaint Louverture, Rainsford offered eyewitness testimonial that acknowledged the intelligence and effectiveness of the Haitian rebels. Although not an abolitionist, Rainsford nonetheless was supportive of the independent state of Haiti, which he argued posed no threat to British colonial interests in the West Indies, an extremely unusual stance at the time. Rainsford's account made an immediate impact upon publication; it was widely reviewed, and translated twice in its first year.

The entire education system had to be shut down, not least because the Ministry of Education itself collapsed. Supplies, and a high demand for educated school officials, children, especially women, had to help their family in informal ways. A pre-earthquake study by the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights concluded that almost all Haitian girls work in the informal market, primarily between the ages of 5 and 9. Although sources would like to announce that educational inequality is narrowing as the average growth enrollment has been significantly greater for girls than for boys, it is simply not the case.

Finally, one study explores reasons for a decline in breast feeding among Haitian women who have emigrated to the United States. This data is useful in presenting some of the attitudes specifically pertaining to infant feeding preferences.

Such questions include why Haitian women tend to become dehydrated during their pregnancies, what practices/traditions they follow during pregnancy and why they tend to sing rather than scream or shout during the birthing process. Marie-Laurence Lassègue managed International IDEA’s programme to support democratic consolidation in Haiti.

Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share knowledge of what works, and measure progress. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance, and we help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to the challenges they face. Amnesty International and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have laid particular pressure on the duty of the state to act in due diligence necessary to prevent and eradicate violence and discrimination against women. Since then, it was only recognised in Haiti as a crime after 2005, and although Moïse was set to adopt a raft of new measures that would have given women more protections – including the legalisation of abortion – no new changes can be adopted until elections.