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  1. HAITI: Haitian Rape Survivors Begin New Lives in Canada and the US

    There are no Haitians in the Montreal neighborhood where Lovely lives.

    Tuesday, July 1, 2014
    Pre 2015 News Archive66 416

  2. HAITI: Haiti, Three Years After the Earthquake: Empowering Women

    When a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 – killing more than 200,000 people and leaving

    Saturday, January 12, 2013
    Pre 2015 News Archive65 725

  3. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Advocacy for Women Under Domestic Violence Must Work From 'Ground Up'

    (WNN/PI) Santa Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: With Dominican Republic's national legislation against violence i

    Thursday, July 19, 2012
    Pre 2015 News Archive65 304

  4. Haiti: Combating Gender-Based Violence in Haiti's Displacement Camps

    On January 12, 2010 a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, killing 230,000 people,

    Monday, June 4, 2012
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 602

  5. HAITI: Haitian Justice Sector Operators Trained to Combat Sexual and Gander Based Violence

    From March 7–9, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)—in cooperation with the Haitian Ministry of Jus

    Wednesday, April 18, 2012
    Pre 2015 News Archive65 004

  6. HAITI: Haitian camp populations decline, but residents still in need – UN official

    The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) still in camps in Haiti after their homes were destroyed by last ye

    Monday, October 3, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive64 271

  7. HAITI: Haiti's Forgotten Rape Victims

    Wednesday, June 1, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 875

  8. HAITI: Open Source Database Helps Combat Sexual Violence in Haiti

    The UN recently reported that a staggering 50 percent of Haitian women and girls living in the displacement camps in

    Tuesday, April 5, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 553

  9. HAITI: An Epidemic of Rape for Haiti's Displaced

    Life after Haiti's earthquake has been especially difficult and dangerous for displaced women and girls.

    Sunday, April 3, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 532

  10. HAITI: Women Key to Haitian Rebuilding

    Voters in Haiti go to the polls on Sunday, March 20, 2011 to elect a new president and a new Parliament.

    Monday, March 7, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 361

  11. HAITI: Rape Flourishes in Haiti

    Nearly seven years ago, the soldiers who killed Halya Lagunesse's husband gang-raped the Haitian woman and her then-1

    Sunday, February 27, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 316

  12. HAITI: Small Measures Can Improve the Lives of Haitian Women

    Even before last year's earthquake, Haiti was one of the toughest places in the Western Hemisphere to be a woman.

    Sunday, January 16, 2011
    Pre 2015 News Archive63 060

  13. Aftershocks: Women Speak out Against Sexual Violence in Haiti's Camps

    The January 2010 earthquake devastated Haiti.

    Thursday, January 6, 2011
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 124

  14. Inter-American Human Rights Commission Recommendations for Haitian Government to Address Wave of Sexual Violence in Displacement Camps

    Issuing unprecedented recommendations to the Haitian government, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR

    Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 116

  15. HAITI: The Plight of Haiti's Women Eight Months After the Earthquake Life in Camps is Rife with Sexual Violence

    Eight months after the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, having no home is still not the hardest thing to bear.

    Wednesday, September 8, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive62 061

  16. HAITI: Women Fight Sexual Violence

    A small group of women in colorful shirts, jeans and skirts stand in a circle, singing and clapping.

    Wednesday, August 25, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive61 838
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  18. HAITI: Rape a Part of Daily Life for Women in Haitian Relief Camps (Ms. Magazine blog)

    Even after the aftershocks of the devastating Jan. 12 quake subsided, women's bodies were still trembling in Haiti.

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive61 747

  19. HAITI: Six Months On, Women Continue their Daily Struggle for Survival

    Living under tents, female survivors of the earthquake may no longer be openly mourning the tragic loss of their husb

    Monday, July 12, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive61 510

  20. HAITI: Restoring Shelter from Violence

    UNIFEM programmes in Haiti to assist survivors of gender-based violence received a boost from a recent

    Friday, June 4, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive61 194

  21. HAITI: Haiti's Emergency Response Must Include Protection from Sexual Violence

    Thousands of women living in temporary camps around Haiti are threatened by sexual violence and have inadequate prote

    Thursday, March 25, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 886

  22. INTERNATIONAL: First UN Envoy for Sexual Violence in War Says Rape Must Stop

    Rape in wartime is a scar on modern society that must be stamped out by ending impunity and changing men's attitudes

    Wednesday, March 17, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 798

  23. Protection of Human Rights Must Accompany Relief Efforts in Haiti

    Amnesty International called on the United Nations to put in place measures for the protection of human rights and th

    Friday, January 15, 2010
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 500

  24. LATIN AMERICA: Gender-based Violence Represents Threat to Human Security

    Latin America and the Caribbean is a dangerous place for women.

    Monday, November 23, 2009
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 522

  25. Deliver Us from Our Protectors: Accountability for Violations Committed by Humanitarian Aid Staff Against Refugee Women and Children

    Refugees - often forced from their homes with nothing but the clothes on their back, then confined in camps and depen

    Saturday, August 1, 2009
    Reports/Policy Briefs89 284

  26. HAITI: Women "More Protected" to Report Sexual Violence

    Shockingly high levels of violence against women in Haiti forced the U.N.

    Wednesday, July 22, 2009
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 952

  27. HAITI: CEDAW Shadow Report Highlights Gun Violence

    Guerda Benjamin from OFAT Haiti reports on how IANSA women are using a CEDAW Shadow Report to urge the government to

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009
    Pre 2015 News Archive60 978

  28. The Right of Women in Haiti to be Free from Violence and Discrimination

    This report provides an assessment of the situation of discrimination and violence against women in Haiti and the cur

    Sunday, March 1, 2009
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 044

  29. Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance

    Haiti, long noted for poverty and repression, has a powerful and too-often-overlooked history of resistance.

    Monday, January 1, 2001
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 069

  30. ESSAY: Challenging Violence: Haitian Women Unite Women's Rights and Human Rights

    Foreword
    Sunday, May 23, 1999
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 070

  31. Inter_american Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women

    PREAMBLE


    THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION,

    Thursday, June 9, 1994
    Reports/Policy Briefs90 045

  32. International Violence Against Women Act Introduction event at the U.S. Capitol

    This event presents a great opportunity for our entire community to demonstrate what widespread support there is for

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 19:00
    Pre 2015 Events Archive71 694

  33. VIDEO: Haiti, Rape and Post-Earthquake Human Rights Violations

    It's been a year since Haiti was hit by the devastating earthquake that crumbled structures, cut short lives, and imp

    Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 19:00
    Initiatives72 875

  34. INTERVIEW: UN Foundation's Tamara Kreinin on the Status of Women and Girls in Post-Earthquake Haiti

    Ostensibly, my recent chat with Tamara Kreinin, executive director of Women and Population at the United Nations Foun

    Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 19:00
    Initiatives72 962

  35. ANALYSIS: Getting The Balance Right: Gender Equality Is Common Sense

    You can tell a great deal about a country by the way it treats its women and children.

    Friday, March 11, 2011 - 19:00
    Initiatives73 064

  36. OTHER: Haitian Feminist Yolette Jeanty Honored With Other Global Women's Activists

    Haitian feminist Yolette's Jeanty‘s name may not ring a bell, but her tireless work has been rightfully recogni

    Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 20:00
    Initiatives73 239

  37. BLOG: The Safety of Haitian Girls and Women Should Be Our Goal

    This past Saturday marked three years since Haiti was stuck by a devastating earthquake.

    Monday, January 14, 2013 - 19:00
    Initiatives73 568

  38. BLOG: Advocates Say Culture of Gender-Based Abuse Hinders Haiti's Development

    The chance for higher education, a job with a fair wage or respect in the home is not guaranteed for women in Haiti.

    Tuesday, January 29, 2013 - 19:00
    Initiatives73 590

  39. CAMPAIGN: Blowing the Whistle on Sexual Violence

    Blowing the Whistle on Sexual Violence.

    Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 20:00
    Initiatives73 894