In Haiti, the majority of the people working the land are women. Not only are they there during planting, weeding and harvesting, but they also play a role in transforming and marketing food...
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The Blood of the Earth: Agriculture, Land Rights and History
From an Interview with Ricot Jean-Pierre Yesterday, January 12, on the sixth anniversary of the 7.0 earthquake, Haitians mourned the countless lives lost. Among the many aftershocks they face is...
Most Post-Disaster Funding is a Disaster, How to Do It Right
by Guest Authors Fatima van Hattum and Arianne Shaffer, Kindle Project A recent report from Pro Publica reveals that the American Red Cross raised half a billion dollars for Haiti after the...
The "Other" Politics of Ayotzinapa
How a popular movement arisen from the massacre of 46 student-teachers in Mexico demonstrates a horizontal politics of shared leadership by Charlotte Maria Sáenz Family and colleagues of 46 [1]...
The Attack on Human Rights Defenders in Haiti
An Interview with Jackson Doliscar, Part II By Beverly Bell Community organizer and rights defender Jackson Doliscar speaks to efforts of the Haitian government to silence advocates of human rights...
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Cultivating Climate Justice from the Frontlines of the Crisis: The Philippines and Australia
This is part 2 of a four-part article series “Cultivating Climate Justice” which tells the stories of community groups on the frontlines of the pollution, waste and climate crises, working together...
Haitian Collective to Defend the Right to Housing
It has been three years since falling rubble, bits of concrete, iron bars, and collapsing walls killed countless courageous women and men while they were at work, at school, in their homes or on the...
Under Tents: Statement on Forced Evictions
On the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we call on the international community to act against the human rights abuses taking place in Haiti in the form of arbitrary and...
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The Creole Connection: New Orleans, Haiti, and Catastrophe
By Beverly Bell August 28, 2012 As a native and resident of New Orleans who has spent three decades in and out of Haiti, and as director of an organization with offices in both places, this has been...
International Campaign Launch for Housing in Haiti
400,000 Homeless Still Wait for a Housing Plan Monday, July 2, 2012, Port-au-Prince – Haitian grassroots organizations and international allies are launching an urgent housing rights campaign today...
Two years after the earthquake in Haiti, "housing is our battle"
By Alexis Erkert January 19, 2012 Remember, you are marching today for those who couldn’t be here, To say to them, “We haven’t forgotten. We’ll never forget.” And to say to those that are still here,...
Home: From Displacement Camps to Community in Haiti
By Alexis Erkert and Beverly Bell January 4, 2012 As 2012 begins, a growing movement of displaced people and their allies in Haiti is actively claiming the right to housing, which is recognized by...
In Haiti, "Homes and Land are the Source of Life": International Forum on the Crisis of Housing in Haiti
By Beverly Bell, May 31, 2011 Below are excerpts from the International Forum on the Crisis of Housing, held in Port-au-Prince May 19-21, 2011. During the forum, hundreds of Haitians, plus allies...
"THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR FUTURE": RURAL HAITIAN WOMEN ORGANIZE
By Beverly Bell May 27, 2010 "If we rural women can organize ourselves together to form a bloc, we could accomplish a lot of things," says Yvette Michaud, founder of the National Coordinating...
From Disaster Aid to Solidarity: Best Practices in Meeting the Needs of Haiti's Earthquake Survivors
Beverly Bell April 2010 Commissioned by the Platform to Advocate Alternative Development in Haiti (PAPDA) I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The international response to Haiti=92s earthquake, involving billions...