This article examines post-earthquake conditions in Haiti, which have left women and girls in a heightened state of vulnerability, as well as the ineffectiveness of the U.N. and government to uphold obligations under international law to include grassroots women’s leadership in the planning and implementation sessions to address sexual violence in displacement camps. It provides a brief overview of pre- and post-earthquake responses to sexual violence in Haiti, and then an overview of sexual violence and the vulnerability of women and girls since the earthquake.

This chapter explores the Caribbean ethnography Tell My Horse (1938) by Zora Neale Hurston and how she challenged and shaped the field of anthropology and ethnography in North America. The author states that Hurston being a black woman in the Caribbean diaspora is what led to her semi-disappearance and fall into poverty.

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.

This article discusses the growth and evolution of the women’s movements in Haiti, highlighting its approach to the issue of gender-based violence prior to the end of the Duvalier dictatorship. It explains how this movement located violence in relation to international human rights concerns, to politics in Haiti and to the Haitian human rights movement. It describes how it succeeded in raising public awareness about violence and discrimination against women and its contributions to specific changes in politics and collective attitudes.

Most countries in the Western Hemisphere have reduced their incidence rates of HIV/ AIDS, but Haiti continues to experience alarming increases in diagnosed cases. This paper examines how political turmoil, poverty, violence and gender inequality contribute to the threat of HIV/AIDS throughout this region, and in particular, how gendered societal constraints make women especially vulnerable by compelling them to prioritize economically- beneficial sexual unions over personal health.

Neste artigo discutimos as condicionantes que contribuíram para a ocorrência de casos de abuso e exploração sexual feminina praticada por peacekeepers durante a Missão de Estabilização das Nações Unidas no Haiti (MINUSTAH). No trabalho, buscamos compreender a conjuntura a partir de uma perspectiva feminista, considerando a influência da masculinidade militarizada e das condições socioeconômicas do país para a perpetuação da violência contra meninas e mulheres durante o período de vigência da missão.

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that promoted resilience in Haitian women earthquake survivors. The literature on mental health among Haitians is sparse. Furthermore, the concept of resilience is not easily translated across cultures. In the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, relocated victims struggled to adjust. This study looks at what factors helped women adjust to their new environment and cope with the traumas and losses suffered from the earthquake. A qualitative design was used to discover and describe resilience.

Cet article se propose d'aborder les situations vécues par les femmes haïtiennes employées domestiques à partir de recherches menées en Haïti et en Guyane. Mettre en parallèle les façons dont ces femmes se représentent à partir du travail qu'elles effectuent permet d'éclairer le rapport entre une condition sociale et le « travail identitaire » auquel elle se prête dans des contextes où les relations hiérarchiques reflètent des modes d'autorité et des rapports d'inégalité différents.

The 2010 earthquake resulted in the breakdown of Haiti's social, economic and health infrastructure. Over one-quarter of a million people remain internally displaced (ID). ID women experience heightened vulnerability to intimate partner violence (IPV) due to increased poverty and reduced community networks. Scant research has examined experiences of IPV among ID women in post-earthquake Haiti.

Throughout the United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934), supporters of the armed invasion pointed toward the transportation infrastructure as the principal contribution of the intervention. Although many of the thoroughfares were built using forced labor, Haitian-American contact on roads, bridges, and railways blurred the boundaries between the occupied and the occupiers.