It has been 59 years, after the arduous vindication women movements especially those leaded by the Feminine League for Social Action (in French Ligue féminine d’action sociale), they promulgated the haitian women´s political rights. Nowadays, in spite of certain changes and advances in this respect, the problem of gender inequality, especially speaking of political participation continues to be a major challenge in the haitian society.

In 1915, United States marines arrived in Haiti. Their landing signaled the beginning of an occupation that would cripple Haiti long after it ended in 1934. Scholars have offered compelling insights into African American opposition to the erosion of Haitian sovereignty. But this scholarship has prioritized the activism of Black men and male-dominated institutions while deemphasizing the complex reaction of Black women to the occupation. This article highlights that overlooked reaction. It shows that some leading Black women continued to speak of the need to civilize Haiti.

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Selon certaines analystes, le mouvement des femmes, leurs voix et leurs priorités ont été largement déplacées par les agences internationales en Haïti, à la suite du séisme qui a frappé le pays en janvier 2010. Cette critique s’insère dans des analyses postcoloniales plus larges, de la marginalisation ou l’instrumentalisation des forces vives du Sud par des agences internationales, notamment dans les États qui se trouvent dans des situations fragiles ou en conflit.

Today, after twenty years of active and visible work on the national scene, Haitian feminism is at a crossroads. My paper seeks to address the nature of this crossroads, which I believe is at an impasse between legal reform and cultural shifts that have lagged behind the movement that occasioned structural change at the State level. Complicating this impasse further has been the effects of foreign policy between the US and Haiti that has unduly impacted the agricultural sector, especially rice production, an exclusively female domain historically.

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This journal is an introduction to a discussion on the complex lives and experiences of women of colour and the past generations that describes what led them to where they are today. Chancy pays homage to the many women who do not have access to academic forums, but have impacted the lives of writers, artists and activists. Through the narrative of grandmothers, she relates the protaginism of women of colour in unstable times.

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