Haiti has the highest maternal and neo-natal mortality rates in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Low rates of prenatal and postnatal care, and institutional births, contribute to high levels of maternal and neo-natal mortality rates. In Haiti, most women especially the poorest deliver at home with the help of a matron (traditional birth attendant). The objective of this diagnostic is to use a behavioral methodology to uncover the drivers to increase safe birth deliveries in Haiti.

Two years after the 7.0 earthquake that devastated the capital of Haiti and shook the entire country to its core, more than half a million people in Port-au-Prince remain in camps for the internally displaced. Despite the massive humanitarian response to the disaster, living conditions in the temporary settlements are dire; accessing adequate food, water, and sanitation constitutes a daily struggle for camp residents, and reports of rape and other forms of sexual violence—especially against women and girls—continue at alarming rates.

The Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) project is funded through the Bureau for Food Security (BFS) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the Presidential Feed the Future Initiative, which strives to increase agricultural productivity and the incomes of both men and women in rural areas who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods.

This report describes the methods and results of operations research undertaken to assess the effectiveness of World Vision’s maternal and child health1 (MCH) program in the Central Plateau region of Haiti. The research had three main objectives: (1) to assess the effectiveness of implementation and operations of the program relative to plans; (2) to assess the quality of delivery of the various services; and (3) to explore the perceptions of different stakeholders (i.e., beneficiaries and field implementers) regarding the operations and quality of services provided by the program.

At the request of the former Haitian Minister of Women’s Affairs and Women’s Rights, H.E. Adeline Magloire Chancy, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), commissioned by the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC), conducted research in the area of gender justice. More specifically and in accordance with the terms of reference provided by the Haitian Ministry, the project focused on the five separate but interrelated areas of: (1) termination of pregnancy, (2) customary unions (cohabitation), (3) paternity determination, (4) domestic violence, and (5) rape.

In spite of an absence of quantitative data, it is generally accepted that sexual and gender based violence against women and girls in the camps are widespread in Haiti. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is on the rise due to increased economic and social vulnerabilities of persons living in camps. While SGBV was prevalent in Haiti prior to the earthquake, living conditions of 800,000 Haitians (particularly in more than 1,000 Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps and spontaneous settlements) have exacerbated these existing vulnerabilities.

Since Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, women have played a vital role in their country’s response to the catastrophe. This Peace Brief, by USIP's Robert Maguire, discusses the pivotal roles women are playing in matters of family, education, health, commerce and the economy, and agriculture.

This qualitative evaluation examines the LCSPP-sponsored project, ""Women and Girls in Haiti’s Reconstruction: Assessing and Preventing Gender-Based Violence"". Implemented from September 2011 to September 2012 by two non-governmental organizations, U.S.-based MADRE and Haiti-based KOFAVIV, the project used a human rights-based approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

The pandemic has placed Haiti’s systems under strain and people are experiencing negative impacts of COVID19. Women and vulnerable populations are deeply impacted by the crisis, and to better understand the situation of women, girls men and boys, identify specific needs, analyze the women’s and men’s leadership in the immediate community response, leadership viewpoints and coping strategies in related to COVID-19, CARE and ONU Femmes conducted a joint Rapid Gender Analysis in Haiti from May through September 2020.

Ces dernières années, le Mexique est devenu un pays de transit et de destination non seulement pour les migrants d'Amérique centrale voyageant vers le nord, mais aussi pour des milliers d'Haïtiens faisant la longue traversée depuis Haïti, vers l’Amérique du Sud et, éventuellement, par voie terrestre vers le Mexique ou les États-Unis. Les Haïtiens ont fui leur pays depuis le tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010, qui a provoqué l'instabilité politique, l'effondrement de l'état de droit et la violence.