Cette réflexion s’appuie sur deux expériences, issues l’une d’un terrain anthropologique –c’est-à-dire sur une étude monographique, longue et suivie- et l’autre d’une simple révolte de spectateur. Il va donc être question ici de mes recherches dans les camps de réfugiés sahraouis, au Sud-Ouest de l’Algérie ; et de la représentation du tremblement de terre haïtien dans les médias où le séisme fut montré, raconté, et les appels au don mis en scène.

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The increase in humanitarian emergencies has left aid organizations searching for ways to better serve populations affected by disaster, and women have often been among those excluded. This study utilized a critical narrative methodology to explore the humanitarian aid response to the 2010 earthquake from the perspective of Haitian women, seeking to understand their experiences and stimulate change through raising awareness of their voices in scholarly literature.

The International Development Committee’s (IDC) inquiry into sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and related misconduct in the humanitarian sector is welcomed. This submission addresses the IDC’s examination of the measures and suggests changes necessary to establish effective safeguarding policies and processes.

Nearly two years after the massive Haiti earthquake, half a million people remain in displacement camps that have become breeding grounds for gender-based violence (GBV). Why does this travesty persist and what is being done to stop it? The first part of this paper will present the context for gender-based violence in Haiti’s camps and discuss some of the actions taken by the international community and local groups to prevent and combat the problem. I will then analyze the 572 Call Center project which has emerged as a promising lifeline for women in the camps.

This thesis examines the subject of gender based violence (GBV) in Haiti and how local and international organizations are adressing the issus on multiple levels. Due to historical political and economic factors, the earthquake that struck the country on January 12th 2010 had devastating impacts. The earthquake worked as a catalyst that revealted deep underlying gender fault lines that had developed over long periods of time.

This document describes a set of recommendations directed at the Coordinators of the Cluster System in Haiti. The group is comprised of staff from MINUSTAH-Human Rights, MINUSTAH-Gender Unit, UNIFEM, UNFPA, WFP, IOM, UNICEF and several other NGO’s. Recommendations include the integration of a gender analysis in the post disaster needs assessment; developing gender focal points in local offices and around Haiti to ensure that gender is improving the access and safety of women concerning water, sanitation and hygiene, and addressing gender issues regarding shelter and camp management.

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).

In a climate of deep insecurity and escalating violence, Haitian women, the backbone of Haitian society and economy, are facing insurmountable challenges. Although Haitian women support the majority of Haiti’s economic activities and hold families together throughout the country, they have historically occupied an inferior social position.

The emergence of the women's movement in the 1960, the adoption by the United Nation of the Decade for Women (1975-85) prompted the development of research on gender issues. Action research is a methodology that puts women at the center of the analysis. This paper identifies the emergence of action research in the Caribbean. It argues that in the case of Haiti gender and feminist action research has not fully developed. In fact, gender issues is still not a field of inquiry.