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This report describes in great detail the state of women’s living conditions in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake concerning: access to aid and immediate needs such as potable water, shelter, medical attention and physical safety. By surveying and interviewing surviving women, it also examines long-term issues such as schooling for children and job opportunities for women. It identifies mid- to long-term priorities for reconstruction and recovery.

This report explores the figure of the “Legal Bandit” in Haiti, which is an institutionalized persona born of, and publicly expressing, toxic masculinity and misogyny. The author demonstrates how speech acts carry political significance and how insults can constitute a symbolic act of violence aimed at domination of vulnerable groups. Examples concerning Haiti’s past president Michel Martelly and the impact of his actions on the social representations and practices especially men in the country.

This article discusses the torturous conditions and suffering of enslaved men and women during the years of the French colony of Haiti before the French revolution of 1791. Boisvert focuses on the living conditions of female slaves and their different forms of resistance against their colonizers. The articles original contribution stems from and questions a biased historical neglect of racialized women as subjects of resistance and change during periods of revolution. (Summary by Mouka)

This text delves into the reformation of Haiti from 1874-1950 with a focus on African American women. Byrd explores how Black women used the African diaspora as a resource in the struggle for racial and gender equality and the conflict between elite and middle-class Black women abroad and Haitian women during Haiti’s reconstruction period. The essay draws attention to important questions in Black intellectual history by examining evolutions in the relationship between elite and middle-class Black women and Haitians from Reconstruction through the mid-twentieth century.

This article is a translation from Creole of a compilation of the presentations by Haitian feminists given in several workshops, interviews and conversations in Encuentro workshops in 1993. It details the feminine condition in Haiti, the history of feminist mobilization and the feminist movement in Haiti and the current crisis women are facing. Chancy presents a detailed account of history of the feminist movement so as to build a better understanding of the current state of the country for women, especially women who are head of their households and/or work outside of the home.

In June 2014, the government of Haiti published a paternity act that recognizes equal rights for children born within and outside of marriage. This act represents an important legal shift, enshrining the principle that all children are on an equal footing. The USAID-funded Health Policy Project AKSE documented the gaps that the law fills and why this achievement is so important for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, the women’s organizations that fought for it, and for children in Haiti.

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L’Organisation des Nations Unies est présente, le 25 novembre 2018 en Haïti, avec le ministère à la Condition féminine et aux Droits des femmes (MCFDF) pour souligner la Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes et des filles qui touche une femme sur quatre au pays. Le secrétaire général Antonio Guterres affirme que cette violence vient de l’incompétence des hommes à reconnaître les droits des femmes comme étant égaux, ce qui a un énorme impact sur le développement des familles et de la société en général.