The history of women and gender in the Republic of Haiti
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- Women Celebrate International Women's
- From Haiti Info, 11 March 1995.
- Part of a dialog on Bob Corbett's Haiti list,
February 1996. SOFA is an acronym for Solidarite Fanm
Ayisyen, the Port-au-Prince branch of a women's
organization. Information about it sought.
- International Day To End Violence Against
- Update, 15 December 1996. The Haitian
Women's Solidarity Movement (SOFA) designated
November 24'25 to commemorate the International Day To End
Violence Against Women. SOFA members spent two days
discussing the problems of social injustice facing Haitian
society today and drew up a strategic plan of
action. SOFA's declaration demanded the
‘abolition of FRAPH, disarmament of armed civilians,
and justice and reparations for the victims of the
- Women in Haiti: Sources
- Bob Corbett compiles a list of references for the study
of women in Haiti, 30 January 1999.
- Police in Haiti detain women's rights
- Associated Press, 10 March 2003. Activist Carline Simone
and her husband, Serge Simone, were arrested because
illegal automatic weapons were found in their
vehicle. Simone, who heads the woman's rights group
Women the Rising Sun, led a demonstration of about 100
people Friday to protest economic conditions in Haiti and
call for the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand