This article explores gendered patterns of migration & transnationalism in Haiti. A combination of factors has prompted extensive rural-urban migration & emigration over the last three decades: violence, repression, economic collapse, & the implementation of neoliberal reforms have left many Haitians with few options other than to seek a new life elsewhere. Although many Haitians abroad naturalize & take citizenship in host countries, emigration does not mean that ties to their homeland are severed.