–we are women” : an article by amanda kijera. The United Nations, western women’s organizations and the Haitian government must immediately provide women in Haiti with the funding that they need to build domestic violence and rape crisis centers. Stop dividing Black families by distributing solely to women, which only exaggerates male resentment and frustration [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Haiti’
“we are not your weapons
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural imperialism, Haiti, imperialism, power, rape, violence against women on May 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Eyes of the Heart
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged colonization, exploitation, Haiti, imperialism on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following excerpt is from Eyes of the Heart, by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically-elected president of Haiti, now in exile in South Africa. Around the world what is called the informal sector makes up a $16 trillion-a-year economy. Of this women are responsible for $11 trillion. In Haiti, where official unemployment is about 70%, [...]
HAITI
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged earthquake, exploitation, Haiti on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
in light of the recent earthquake and aftershock in Haiti, i want to make a post that is perhaps not directly relevant to our mission on this blog, but is nonetheless terribly important. during humanitarian crises such as this, marginalized groups in society suffer the most. now i have absolutely no claim to an exhaustive [...]
