Sex, Family and Fertility (Also published by Lexington Books as Fewer Men, More Babies) re-evaluates the debate over family patterns in the Caribbean with respect to the critical importance that child labor plays in peasant household livelihood strategies. Earlier anthropologists widely accepted and provided empirical evidence that the contributions made by children to the peasant household labor pool was a significant determinant of social patterns and high birth rates. In the 1960s researchers began to dismiss the economic utility of children.

Background: Military presence in fragile settings leads to complex and multifaceted interactions between local women and girls of the host country and foreign military personnel. Children Born of War are one consequence of sexual interactions, whether consensual or not, between foreign armies or peacekeeping forces and women and girls of the host country. One particular group of Children Born of War are children fathered by UN peacekeeping personnel and born to civilian women and girls who reside in countries that host peace operations.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health issue with detrimental consequences for women’s reproductive, mental, and physical health. In Haiti, IPV is a major obstacle to women’s development. Yet, the determinants of IPV victimization are still not well understood. In this study, we utilized the 2016–2017 Haiti Demographic and Health Survey to determine the prevalence of IPV victimization and its subtypes (emotional, physical, and sexual abuse) among married or cohabiting women (N = 3,805) of reproductive age (15–49) by their current husband/partner.

Among women in Haiti, there are a number of factors, including intimate partner violence (IPV), childhood sexual abuse, and alcohol abuse that lead to increased vulnerability to STI/HIV and its sequelae. This study examined the factors associated with IPV and the associations between IPV and HIV in a sample of adult Haitian women.

This joint report by human rights organisations Redress and the Child Rights International Network examines the success of litigation in pursuing justice for child victims of  sexual abuse by peacekeepers looking at cases in which victims and their representatives have turned to the courts to seek accountability and redress. It concludes that child sexual abuse usually goes unpunished and few victims secure reparations.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is highly prevalent in Haiti and constitutes a serious public health problem. Social norms promoting power imbalance between women and men and condoning VAWG are also wide- spread. Changing these norms and curbing the cycle of VAWG in Haiti is an important step toward ensuring health- ier, more productive, and safer communities in Haiti. This report documents the lessons learned from a review of the planning, implementation, and evaluation of community mobilization interventions concerning VAWG in Haiti, namely the SASA!

This thesis explores the anthropological documentation of reproductive illnesses in Haiti and how these illnesses shape maternal and infant health outcomes. Through examining gender roles, health infrastructure, and medical beliefs in Haiti, I provide context for a framework that posits these illnesses as embodied history, trauma, and experience. Furthermore, I examine the evolving intersection of Vodou and biomedicine and its role in informing reproductive illness discourse and treatment.

Ce rapport porte sur la situation des enfants en Haïti et met l’accent sur le phénomène de la séparation familiale. Dans la première partie, il examine l’impact du contexte haïtien en s’interrogeant sur le contexte socio-économique, l’organisation sociale au sein de la famille et la législation de la protection de l’enfance.

This article explores the effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on women's reproductive health, using geocoded data from the 2005 and 2012 Haiti Demographic and Health Surveys. We use geographic variation in the destructiveness of the earthquake to conduct a difference‐in‐difference analysis. Results indicate that heightened earthquake intensity reduced use of injectables—the most widely used modern contraceptive method in Haiti—and increased current pregnancy and current unwanted pregnancy.

L’objectif de cette recherche est d’analyser la relation entre pauvreté et mortalité infanto-juvénile en Haïti à partir de l’EDS de 2000. Fondée sur une estimation économétrique basée sur le maximum de vraisemblance, elle appelle plusieurs observations. Premièrement, l’éducation des femmes et celle de leurs conjoints/maris ont un impact positif et significatif sur le niveau de la mortalité infanto-juvénile. Deuxièmement, l’âge des mères, à partir de 35 ans, induit une augmentation de la mortalité infanto-juvénile en laissant apparaître un effet de seuil.