Le phénomène de dépigmentation volontaire (DV) de la peau est très répandu dans plusieurs régions du monde, en Afrique, en Europe au Moyen-Orient ainsi que dans les Antilles de la Caraïbe (M’bemba N’doumba, 2004 ; Petit, 2006 ; Bordeleau 2012 ; Nguimbus, 2013). Haïti figure bel et bien dans la liste des pays où des individus utilisent des produits pour éclaircir leur peau.

La violence, la criminalité, voire l’insécurité globale sont des facteurs empreints d’une certaine complexité qui handicape diverses sphères de la vie des femmes. Le présent article cherche à analyser des voies pour favoriser la mise en oeuvre de mesures sécuritaires pour les femmes ainsi que la réduction de leur vulnérabilité. En fait, l’élaboration de toute stratégie d’action nécessite l’intégration systématique de la dimension de genre, afin de mieux comprendre la complexité des réalités des femmes pour répondre adéquatement à leurs besoins.

Cet article situe la question de la sécurité du personnel humanitaire dans une nouvelle perspective intellectuelle. Il cherche à montrer que l’hostilité aux acteurs humanitaires n’est pas un phénomène étranger à l’action humanitaire, qu’il faudrait traiter séparément de manière technique. Elle naît d’un rapport de domination qui se manifeste à l’échelle planétaire dans les rapports Nord-Sud et qui s’immisce dans les relations entre le personnel humanitaire et les populations locales.

Background The association between cholera in pregnancy and negative fetal outcome has been described since the 19th century. However, there is limited published literature on the subject. We describe pregnancy outcomes from a specialized multidisciplinary hospital unit at the onset of a large cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 and 2011. Methods Pregnant women with cholera were hospitalized in a specialized unit within the MSF hospital compound in Léogâne and treated using standard cholera treatment guidelines but with earlier, more intense fluid replacement.

This article analyses feminism in the Dominican Republic, and the rightward shift of the women's movement in the 1930s and 1940s, by examining the historical development of female activism in the Dominican Republic from the 1880s until the first decade of General Rafael Trujillo's regime in the 1940s.

The following analysis is based primarily on field experience in food assistance coordination in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during the months immediately following the January 2010 earthquake (January through September, 2010). These experiences, in addition to further fieldwork conducted from January to February 2011, form the basis of a Master’s thesis focusing on gender-based programming in post-earthquake Haiti (completed in July 2011). The below is a short summary of ideas treated therein.

Le viol est un outil de guerre. Haïti est l’un des nombreux pays qui utilisent la violence, et particulièrement cette forme-là, contre les femmes comme moyen de réprimer le révolutionnaire et le progrès. Cependant, la dynamique de la violence armée en Haïti est très différente de celle d’autre pays. Cet article explore le lien entre le patrimoine historique et l’échec politique, ainsi que les liens entre la rareté matérielle, la terreur guerrière et les violences sexuelles. (Résumé par Mouka)

Culturally sound health research and culturally relevant interventions are foundational to health promotion and disease prevention around the globe, especially for vulnerable populations in low-and middle-income countries who bear a disproportionate burden of sociodemographic and structural adversities, including gender-based violence and nonpartner sexual violence. There is a limited amount of scientific knowledge regarding the promotion of health equity for Haitian populations and about the challenges of cross-cultural practice and research among them.

The goals of the current study were to: (1) estimate the prevalence of forced sex among women accessing services at a women's health clinic in rural Haiti; and (2) examine factors associated with forced sex in this population. Based on data from a case-control study of risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a cross-sectional analysis to examine factors associated with forced sex was performed. A number of factors related to gender inequality/socioeconomic vulnerability placed women in rural Haiti at higher risk of forced sex.

Different frameworks for building capabilities result in different material outcomes for women in four Haitian community-based organizations: two mixed-gender versus two women’s organizations. This study shows that frameworks deployed by the women’s organizations pay attention to gendered strategic interests by enhancing capabilities and functionings that communities and individuals value. Their frameworks resembled Nussbaum’s (2011, Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach.