Although women's representation in Haiti is generally very low, the number of women judges has increased since the demise of authoritarianism and violent conflict in the 1990s. This case study explores why. I find that “gender-neutral” judicial reforms aimed at strengthening the judiciary have done more for women's judicial representation than explicitly gender-targeted policies, which still lack implementation.

O presente artigo visa abordar a recente imigração haitiana no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, explorando o significado do fenômeno migratório para mulheres haitianas. Na introdução é traçado um panorama sobre a feminização da migração, em especial da imigração haitiana. Os objetivos desta pesquisa são: (1) conhecer as diferentes trajetórias de migração de mulheres haitianas e (2) compreender como ocorrem as relações de gênero no processo migratório. Foram realizadas entrevistas narrativas com dez imigrantes, cujas perguntas se reportavam à trajetória de migração.

Objective
To evaluate the knowledge and experience of, and desire for, emergency contraception (EC) in postpartum women in Haiti, and to determine the knowledge and practices of EC providers.
Methods
As part of a larger postpartum family planning study, 6 focus groups were conducted with postpartum women (n=33), 3 were conducted with providers (n=22), and a questionnaire was given to postpartum women (n=250).
Results

En tant que femmes anthropologues dans les années 1930, Zora Neale Hurston et Katherine Dunham ont davantage participé à révéler la réalité des femmes en Haïti que leurs homologues masculins. Elles ont exposé le phénomène de violence basée sur le genre et ont défié les normes anthropologiques par la présence d’une certaine subjectivité dans leurs écrits. Malgré leurs similarités, ces deux femmes sont en compétition pour obtenir des bourses et des recommandations académiques dans un monde dominé par les hommes.

Cet article témoigne de l’histoire d’Yvonne Sylvain ayant grandi au sein d’une famille à haut statut social, et s’étant grandement investie dans le mouvement féministe haïtien. Yvonne fait des études en médecine, en obstétrique et en gynécologie. Elle va aussi à l’étranger pour apprendre les pratiques médicales qu’elle tente d’instaurer dans le système de santé haïtien, comme c’est le cas pour l’anesthésie péridurale. Elle effectue plusieurs recherches sur la santé des femmes et le cancer.

This chapter describes various social factors in the lives of Haitian women that intersect with the experience of depression. It presents an overview of socio-political influences on the health and well-being of Haitian women, as well as an examination of various health-related beliefs and practices that shape the ways in which their physical and emotional problems are understood. The chapter traces the history of Haitian culture with a particular emphasis on the roles of women in social and political movements.

Peacekeeping missions have been marred by reports of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) against local community members. However, there is limited research on how SEA against women/girls versus men/boys is perceived in peacekeeping host societies. In 2017 we collected micro-narratives in Haiti and then conducted a thematic analysis to understand how peacekeeper-perpetrated SEA was perceived by local community members comparing SEA against women/girls versus SEA against men/boys.

In this article, we contend that the “strong Black woman” archetype constricts expressions of Black womanhood and girlhood and thus limits individual and collective liberation. We maintain that strength need not preclude tenderness, highlighting two forms: wounded tenderness—a raw and aching feeling pointing to the vulnerability of human beings—and liberated tenderness, a practice of meeting woundedness with embodied awareness and gentleness.

In 2018, a global media scandal erupted, in which Oxfam, one of the largest and most respected international development non-government organizations, was accused of covering up incidents of its staff engaging sex workers in Haiti following the country’s devastating 2010 earthquake. The scandal sparked widespread public condemnation of the development and humanitarian sectors for their complicity in the sexual exploitation and abuse of Haitian sex workers.

Intersections between violent discipline (physical punishment and/or verbal aggression) of children and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women have received growing international attention. This study aimed to determine how many Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries had national data on co-occurring IPV and violent discipline in the same household, how estimates compared and whether violent discipline was significantly associated with IPV.