This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses—a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life—use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations.

Gender is deemed a social construct and is commonly overlooked in economic conversations (Padgett and Warnecke 2011). However, there are critical intersections between gender and economic maturation. Additionally, gender relations in Haiti demote women to the positionality of the “most marginalized” in the country with the fewest liberties yet the greatest socio-economic responsibilities. Thus, rural women are disproportionately affected by most disparities, inclusive of the economic implications in Haiti.

Ce rapport présente les résultats de l’Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-II), menée en Haiti en 1994-1995.

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.

Faced with the lack of formal employment, microentrepreneurship is a common activity among women in developing countries. While microentrepreneurship is often seen as a vehicle for these women to “succeed,” the asset structure conditions the degree of “success.” Even when human capital is abundant in many developing countries, other assets need to concur to make microenterprises viable. This is the case of Haiti, a country where women represent 70 percent of the informal market.

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.

This essay examines the marketplace of female sexuality in the Caribbean. Duvivier analyses issues of class, race and gender to paint a better understanding of the sexual economy that aids in boosting the tourism industries in various Caribbean countries. The Black female body in Guitele Jeudy Rahill’s novella Violated (2001) and Rick Elgood and Don Letts’ film Dancehall Queen (1997) is symbolizing the potential for basic survival, financial security and socioeconomic advancement for the girls/women in question and their families.

Une chambre de commerce de femmes entrepreneures et professionnelles vient d'être lancée dans la Grand’Anse. Elle porte le sigle de CFEPGA. Cette institution qui arrive dans un contexte sociopolitique difficile où le leadership féminin est de plus en plus sollicité, vise à encadrer et promouvoir l’autonomisation des femmes entrepreneurs de la Grand’Anse.

Au terme du forum des entrepreneurs, qui s’est déroulé du 1er au 3 février 2022 à l’hôtel Karibe Convention Center, la Banque de la République d’Haïti (BRH) a lancé officiellement le fonds de garantie partielle pour les femmes entrepreneures, lequel devrait permettre à plus de femmes d’avoir accès au crédit formel.

Looking for Life introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one has their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals to the factory workers; the latter is employed in the same factory as a production worker making pullovers and T-shirts. Every day she buys her midday meal on credit from Anne-Rose. Through the connection between these two women the film shows part of their daily work and the constant battle for survival that they lead together with other women in Haiti.