Engagement in sexual activity among Haitian youth is increasing. The present cross-sectional study examined the independent correlates of sexual risk behaviors among 200 (108 male/92 female) 13–18 year-old adolescents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti using face-to-face interviews. The majority (60.0 %) had engaged in sexual intercourse.

This study discusses the choices available to women in their sexual relationships within the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Using groups of women and men, guided by trained moderators, it explores the participants’ knowledge on HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention, the consequences of AIDS, communications with sexual partners and counseling adolescents on HIV/AIDS prevention, among other topics. A key finding suggests that although the female participants are knowledgeable on HIV transmission, they are still fearful of acquiring the disease.

Recent studies report that Haitian women are concerned about unmet women’s health issues. The Days for Girls (DfG) International program features women’s health education and personal hygiene kits to ensure women understand the process of menstruation and use sanitary hygiene practices. The aims of this study were to identify the perceived benefits and challenges to using the DfG International program kits for high school and college women in Haiti and to identify ways to adapt the current DfG program for Haitian culture.

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This gender assessment was requested by USAID Mission in Haiti for their country strategy. The assessment aims to identify how USAID programs may affect or be affected by gender relations and certain gender-based limitations. This document represents a review of research and program documents as well as interviews with USAID staff and partners that identifies and assess gender relations and gender-based constraints that impact USAID programs. It specifically considers the impact of gender relations on program results and the impact of the program on the relative status of men and women.

This report provides a gender profile of conflict in Haiti from the 1950’s up to 2004. Beginning in 1956 during the Duvalier regime, this report outlines the countless ways in which women and children in Haiti have continued to suffer from chronic political unrest. The report describes political, humanitarian, and economic problems that have impacted the lives of many women and children such as political rapes under the Duvalier regime or the HIV/AIDS epidemic that is ongoing.

Haiti is prone to natural disasters of many kinds: cyclones, tropical storms, landslides, floods and earthquakes. In less than twelve years, two earthquakes have shaken the country, bringing enormous damage in human life and losses of all kinds. The country had yet to recover from the aftermath of the first 7.0-magnitude earthquake in 2010 when, on 14 August 2021 a second of magnitude 7.2 struck the south of the country where the majority of the affected municipal districts are remote and difficult to access.

Sixteen-year-old Blanche left her grandmother's home in the Carrefour Feuilles neighborhood at dusk. She went to a nearby square to do her homework.
Like many other schoolchildren living in areas of Port-au-Prince without electricity, she was going to do her homework by the light of one of the only streetlights in the neighborhood still working.

While she was studying, a man approached her. She asked him to leave. He did so, but returned soon after, accompanied by other men who pointed guns at Blanche while the first man tore off her clothes and raped her.

La violence, et en particulier la violence sexuelle contre les femmes et les fillettes, est omniprésente à Haïti. Ce rapport est centré sur les actes infligés aux fillettes et jeunes filles. Certes, il existe une continuité entre les diverses formes de violences liées au genre que subissent les femmes, mais le droit international reconnaît aux enfants des besoins de protection particuliers.