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.…
NALAFEM SUMMIT IN NAMIBIA: MY STATEMENT AS A “NALA SPOTLIGHT”
Today, we, Haitian women, are not just demanding sterile representation, but we take over “the right to lead”. The right to real power, the right to influence, to occupy space, to impose and to lead. As a political woman myself, a former candidate in my country, a feminist political activist, I know better than anyone […]
#365Days est le cliché d’une société qui normalise, encourage, banalise et applaudit la violence à l’égard des femmes…
Le film #365Days réunit à lui seul presque toutes les formes de violences qu’un homme et qu’un système patriarcal peut infliger à une femme.
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.
Témoignage glaçant d’une jeune femme abusée à Cité Soleil
La jeune survivante raconte à Nègès Mawon l’horreur sans nom qu’elle a vécue au cœur du plus grand bidonville du pays. Deux membres de sa famille ont été assassinées.
Opinion | Kidnappée et séquestrée à Delmas, le récit poignant d’une survivante de viol
“ Annie “ a 26 ans. Elle a fait des études de comptabilité dans une école supérieure de Port-au-Prince et travaille dans une boîte de l’administration publique. Elle était sortie pour aller faire des courses au marché de Delmas 32 vers 17 heures et il faisait encore jour.