This report considers and informs on the real situation of women’s rights under the Convention of the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (“CEDAW”) focusing on particular issues in Haiti. The issues addressed are societal discrimination and widespread sexual violence against women, impunity for perpetrators of gender based violence and sex trafficking, exploitation of prostitution and sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The issues addressed in this report were chosen due to the specific focus and expertise of the organizations that drafted the report.

Ce rapport examine et informe sur la situation actuelle des droits des femmes au regard de la Convention l’élimination de toute forme de discrimination à l’égard des femmes, en se concentrant sur la situation en Haïti. Les thèmes abordés sont la discrimination sociétale, la violence sexuelle, l'impunité des auteurs de violence basée sur le genre et la traite sexuelle, l'exploitation de la prostitution, et les abus sexuels commis par des casques bleus.

The report was composed by women from diverse backgrounds working both in grassroots communities in Haiti and in the international arena with the aim of ensuring women’s participation and leadership in all phases of reconstruction of Haiti. The Gender Shadow Report (GSR) provided the missing gender content of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), the blueprint for Haiti’s reconstruction.

Ce rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations unies par une coalition d’organisations féministes haïtiennes porte sur la condition des femmes et plus particulièrement, sur la question des violences faites aux femmes. Il décrit les obstacles rencontrés par les victimes de violences sexuelles et familiales pour accéder à la justice ainsi que les facteurs qui nuisent à la participation politique des femmes et bafouent leurs droits civils, puis il formule des recommandations. (Résumé par Mouka)

1. This report considers and informs on the real situation of women’s rights under the Convention of the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) focusing on particular issues in Haiti. The report addresses the following issues: low representation of women in political life, including the 2015 elections (Article 7); sexual harassment and other derogatory treatment in work (Article 11); the disproportionate impact of cholera on women (Article 12); and problems facing rural women (Article 14).