“A must-read report… you will be inspired.”-- Edwidge Danticat, author, Breath, Eyes, Memory.

This article examines some of the reasons why measures to ensure protection from gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation and abuse, do not always take precedence for humanitarian actors during an emergency response, and what can be done to support organisations to integrate this aspect of protection into their humanitarian work.

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.

L'organisation féministe Marijàn, fondée en 2009 en Haïti, se consacre à aider les victimes de violences basées sur le genre. Elle offre un soutien multidimensionnel comprenant un accompagnement psychologique, une assistance juridique, un soutien médical et un hébergement d'urgence pour les femmes en danger. Marijàn travaille également sur la prévention et la sensibilisation aux violences sexistes. L'organisation collabore avec d'autres associations locales et internationales, faisant partie d'un réseau luttant contre les violences faites aux femmes en Haïti.

Cette cinquième Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-V) a été commanditée par le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP). Elle a été mise en œuvre par l’Institut Haïtien de l’Enfance (IHE) avec l’assistance technique d’ICF International, organisme chargé du programme international des Enquêtes Démographiques et de Santé (DHS) pour le compte de l’USAID.

Previous research has shown a post-disaster increase of Gender Based Violence [GBV], suggesting a need for further investigation of the phenomena and its causes. This research draws together a wide-ranging collection of secondary data sets concerning disasters and gender based violence. It analyses the social environment in post-disaster settings that breeds an increase in GBV with focus on Sexual Gender Based Violence[SGBV] and Intra Personal Violence [IPV]. Through a comparison of two case studies: (a) post-earthquake Haiti and (b) post-hurricane Katrina.

Understanding exile as flight from political persecution or forms of oppression that single out women, Myriam J. A. Chancy concentrates on diasporic writers and filmmakers who depict the vulnerability of women to poverty and exploitation in their homelands and their search for safe refuge. These Afro-Caribbean feminists probe the complex issues of race, nationality, gender, sexuality, and class that limit women’s lives.

Research shows that in the Caribbean one-third of people living with HIV continue to engage in unprotected sexual practices. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and HIV-related risk behaviors have been found to play a contributory role in HIV transmission. We aimed to analyze gender differences in the association between CSA and substance use and sexual risk behaviors among Haitians living with HIV. A total of 276 HIV-positive individuals participated in this study with 56% experiencing sexual abuse during childhood.

This study explores relationship dynamics between men and women in low-income districts of Port-au-Prince. It describes how the vast majority of residents of Port-au-Prince’s low-income districts are migrants or children of migrants from the country’s interior. Men and women maintain ties with their families’ place of origin, coming and going regularly as part of trade circuits or simply visiting, sharing important moments of family life.

This article examines both the national context and the development of Haitian women’s organizations and struggles in the diaspora over the last forty years. It looks at their interconnectedness and their relations to structures of power at the level of the state and civil society. Three main sources of data inform the argument: secondary ethnographic and sociohistorical analyses, participant observation in Haiti and Haitian communities in North America, as well as informal group and individual interviews with Haitian women.