Six Haitian women’s struggles to recover from rape by gangs (Francoise Story)
Françoise: “I could feel all my body swelling” “My children are good children. Even if they haven’t eaten anything all day, no one will notice”. This is how Françoise – whose name, like all the women interviewed in this series, has been changed for security reasons – congratulates herself on the education she has given […]
The life and death of a displaced Haitian woman
“There is no justice in Haiti.” On 15 October this year, Béatrice Cajoux’s image was everywhere on Haitian social media. The photos being circulated by online outlets and feminist organisations showed a smiling, round-faced young woman with sparkling eyes and sleekly braided hair. The previous night, she had been murdered in a displacement camp in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Béatrice […]
Six Haitian women’s struggles to recover from rape by gangs (Nadine’s Story) #3
Nadine: “I don’t know if I will live much longer” Nadine* is one of the young women, survivor of sexual violence, that NÈGÈS MAWON supports, who has a special place in my heart and has changed me forever. At 18 years old, just one month after being raped for more than 72 hours by armed […]
Six Haitian women’s struggles to recover from rape by gangs (Guerda and Adrienne’s Stories)
“Every time I see other girls in uniform on their way to school, it’s like I’m dead” Telling the story of an 18-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down after becoming pregnant from rape is heartbreaking for me, and it carries a heavy responsibility. Especially as a feminist advocating for the decriminalization of abortion, […]
Six Haitian women’s struggles to recover from rape by gangs (Gabrielle’s Story)
‘When you’ve been raped, beaten, humiliated and lost everything, it’s hard to have hope.’ Rather than limit the campaign to clever slogans, glossy photos, and high-level events, this year there must be a rallying cry to do better to ensure Haiti’s women and girls have adequate support and resources, and to lift their voices and […]
What Haiti’s political transition should be doing for Haiti’s women – and isn’t
By Pascale Solages and Sasha Filippova ‘The transitional government and its international partners owe Haiti’s women and girls more.’ Haiti’s transitional government is promising to restore democracy, human rights, and stability after years of crisis, but in practice it is excluding women and ignoring their distinct needs. It is thus on course to perpetuate long-standing patterns of discrimination […]
My statement for the publication of the “Policy Framework for an Effective and Equitable Transition in Haiti”
By Pascale Solages More than 8 years without elections, a crisis for more than 6 years, a political, social, economic and security crisis with thousands of deaths, more than half a million displaced people, thousands of cases of rape and violence of all kinds suffered by women, today we have a transitional government in Haiti. […]
Haïti-Transition : Où sont les femmes ?
Pour réussir, la transition en Haïti doit être centrée sur les Femmes Haïtiennes et leurs besoins Par Pascale Solages and Sasha Filippova Des leaders féministes et d’organisations de droits humains en Haïti reprochent au gouvernement de transition d’Haïti d’exclure les Femmes et leurs priorités, alors même qu’il prétend restaurer un gouvernement démocratique fondé sur les […]
Where are the women?
Haiti’s transition needs to center Haitian women and their needs if it hopes to succeed By Pascale Solages and Sasha Filippova Haitian feminist and human rights leaders are calling out Haiti’s transitional government for excluding women and their priorities, even as it purports to restore a rights-based democratic government. For example, Haiti’s nine-member Transitional Presidential […]
2024 NALAFEM AWARDS: The only negotiation is our complete liberation!
By Pascale Solages I had the honor to receive the “2024 NALAFEM AWARDS : Access to Justice and Protection” on July 1 in Namibia during the NALAFEM SUMMIT. I received my award from Charlotte Hill O’Neal, former member of Black Panther Party, who fled the USA in 1972 because of her fight for her people.…