Dans cet article, l'auteure examine la place du travail domestique dans la vie des femmes de la ville et de la campagne en Haïti en considérant l'articulation travail domestique-travail marchand, lorsque les deux types de production sont accomplis dans le même lieu et lorsqu'ils sont accomplis dans deux lieux différents. Le travail domestique est abordé sous les trois aspects suivants : les conditions concrètes de la procréation, la relation entre la forme des unions et les soins aux enfants et le travail ménager.

Vulnerability is a central concept in humanitarian aid. Discussions of vulnerability in disaster response literature and guidelines for humanitarian aid range from considerations of a universal human vulnerability, to more nuanced examinations of how particular characteristics render individuals more or less at risk. Despite its frequent use, there is a lack of clarity about how vulnerability is conceptualized and how it informs operational priorities in humanitarian assistance.

Background: Haiti’s maternal mortality, stillbirth, and neonatal mortality rates are the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite inherent risks, the majority of women still deliver at home without supervision from a skilled birth attendant. The purpose of this study was to elucidate factors driving this decision.

Only in recent years has violence against women begun to receive international attention as both a public health and human rights concern. This article argues that the right to be free from sexual violence is a fundamental component of the right to health, and the need is particularly acute in post-disaster contexts. This article uses post-earthquake Haiti as a case study to illustrate conditions for women and girls who suffer daily threats of physical, emotional, economic, and social harm in ways that have no direct parallels for their mal counterparts.

Objectives: Limited research following disasters suggests that internally displaced women are disproportionately vulnerable to violence and abuse. An interdisciplinary collaborative of researchers and practitioners in Haiti, the US Virgin Islands, and the US Mainland investigated gender-based violence (GBV) pre- and post-earthquake and health outcomes among Haitian women living in tent cities/camps following the 2010 earthquake.

À la suite de l'ouragan Matthew en 2016 en Haïti, l'UNFPA et le Ministère de la Condition Féminine et aux Droits des Femmes (MCFDF) ont mené une évaluation rapide pour identifier les besoins spécifiques des femmes et des filles face à la violence basée sur le genre en contexte humanitaire. Les résultats ont révélé des défis majeurs tels qu'une augmentation des cas de VBG, la précarité des abris temporaires, et des lacunes dans l'accès aux services de santé et de soutien psychosocial.

Les clients de TS sont considérés comme un groupe à risque de VIH et aussi agiraient comme un « pont de transmission » entre les TS et les femmes de la population générale. En dépit de leurs comportements sexuels à risque, les clients de TS ont été rarement étudiés.

Maternal mortality is an ongoing health crisis in Haïti. Estimated at 523 deaths per 100,000 live births it is the highest rate in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are many factors that influence the dire status of disadvantaged pregnant women in Haiti, such as lack of prenatal care, unsafe and unsanitary deliveries, long walking distance to seek medical care, and inability to pay medical fees. Conditions of ill health such as high maternal mortality can be taken as clear indications of poverty, proxies for the lack of development.

Haitian women have proven to be key actors in sustaining their families during conditions of economic decline and poverty. Information on the impact of poverty within the household suggests that women have carried a greater burden than men in terrns of family maintenance. In part, this is due to the loss of jobs in the formal sector which has affected men to a greater extent than women.

Maternal health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (WHO, 2016). Maternal health is a very important determinant of Haiti’s familial, educational, economic, and environmental development. One key to maternal health is family planning which can empower women to fulfill their familial and community roles. Family planning through contraception offers women the opportunity to gain time between child births by deciding when to get pregnant in relation to their other life obligations.