La présente recherche a été commanditée par le Fonds des Nations Unies pour les Activités de Population (FNUAP). Elle s’est déroulée d’octobre 1990 à janvier 1991. Ses objectifs étaient les suivants : A) Connaître la situation des femmes haïtiennes en milieu urbain et rural dans ses aspects : a) social (statut-contraception traditionnelle et moderne, famille, dot, mariage, droit, héritage); b) économique (emploi, participation à l’effort de développement, etc) et c) culturel et religieux (possibilités et contraintes).

Ce rapport fait état des conclusions faites par les agents qui œuvrent sur le terrain. Le KOFAVV est une organisation qui travaille dans les camps avec les victimes de viols et sur des mesures visant à sécuriser les camps pour les filles et les femmes. L’organisation fait la constatation que le manque de ressources est un élément important dans les lieux où les taux d’agressions sont le plus élevés.

The report was composed by women from diverse backgrounds working both in grassroots communities in Haiti and in the international arena with the aim of ensuring women’s participation and leadership in all phases of reconstruction of Haiti. The Gender Shadow Report (GSR) provided the missing gender content of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), the blueprint for Haiti’s reconstruction.

The International Development Committee’s (IDC) inquiry into sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and related misconduct in the humanitarian sector is welcomed. This submission addresses the IDC’s examination of the measures and suggests changes necessary to establish effective safeguarding policies and processes.

People living in rural Haiti lack access to basic health care services due to poverty. Rural poverty in Haiti particularly affects women’s health because Haiti has had the highest maternal mortality and infant mortality rates in the Americas, in addition to some of the worst health statistics in the Western Hemisphere. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to cultivate a greater understanding of the poverty factors that affect access to health care services specifically among poor women living in rural Haiti.

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.

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In this chapter the author constructs an alternate way of teaching about Haitian womanhood which creates a more nuanced and developed understanding of the many lives Haitian women may lead. The Kreyol saying “fanm se poto mitan” is well known in Haiti to mean that women are the central pillar that uphold society, they are indispensable, strong and resilient. However, Jean-Charles argues that the poto mitan is a restrictive representation of Haitian women that expresses the burdens that they must take on as the unwavering pillar.

Haiti is a Caribbean island with a humanitarian medical center providing healthcare services to 90,000 residents. Pregnant women visiting the medical clinic for prenatal care often do not return for delivery; instead, they return home to deliver alone or with the assistance of a traditional matron. Home-birth practices increase maternal-child health morbidity and mortality in an already fragile country. The purpose of this project was to gain a deeper understanding of Haitian pregnant women’s preferences to deliver at home or at the healthcare clinic.