‘Women’s bodies weaponized’: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence

It was love at first sight for Madeline, who first met Baptiste at a church retreat in Haiti’s southern port town of Aux Cayes in 2002. As infatuated teenagers, they eventually wed and settled in the Caribbean country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. With a growing family and unsteady work selling sodas and food staples, the couple could only afford […]

Intolerable risks’: Haiti’s escalating violence, including sexual attacks, shuts hospital

Escalating gang violence in Haiti is once more forcing the closure of medical facilities. Citing “intolerable risks,” the French medical charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said Wednesday that ongoing violent clashes between armed gangs have left it with no choice but to temporarily close its hospital in Cité Soleil, the country’s largest slum, […]

En Haïti, l’impasse politique nourrit le chaos

«Nous avons un premier ministre de facto qui a tous les pouvoirs, tous les financements et l’appui de la communauté internationale, déplore Pascale Solages, du mouvement féministe Nègès Mawon. Et malgré cela, la crise ne fait que s’aggraver. En deux ans, Ariel Henry n’a rien résolu.»

The Maroon Woman

My name is Lucia Dominique Pascale Solages. I am a Haitian feminist, political activist, and one of the co-founders of NÈGÈS MAWON, a feminist organization in Haiti. The struggles I have faced, the values I hold dear, and the beliefs I stand by truly define me. They are the essence of the woman, the citizen, and the activist that I have become.