By Gina Ulysse, Ms. Mag­a­zine
Even after the after­shocks of the dev­as­tat­ing Jan. 12 quake sub­sided, women’s bod­ies were still trem­bling in Haiti. The cause, according …

For Imme­di­ate Release
July 27, 2010
Con­tact:
Blaine Bookey, Esq., Insti­tute for Jus­tice & Democ­racy in Haiti
blaine@ijdh.org, 415–515‑8956
Rape in Haiti:
Human Rights Groups Release Com­pre­hen­sive Report on Violence …

By Kelsey Cary, Truthout
Human Traf­fick­ing is a global indus­try that tran­scends bor­ders, regions, and cul­tures. Within the West­ern Hemi­sphere traf­fick­ing is an impor­tant issue that …

By Fred Grimm, McClatchy News
Signs of per­ma­nence are tak­ing hold in impromptu camps

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — The con­cept of tem­po­rary, amid Haiti’s teeming …

NPR Talk of the Nation
Lis­ten to the Story
More than 6 months after the earth­quake, Haitians — and par­tic­u­larly Hait­ian women — con­tinue to struggle. …

By Bev­erly Bell, Huff­in­g­ton Post
Colette Lespinasse is direc­tor of the Sup­port Group for the Repa­tri­ated and Refugees (GARR, by its French acronym) in Port-au-Prince. Here are …

For Imme­di­ate Release
Mon­day, July 26, 2010
Con­tact:
Suzanne Offen, Amer­i­can Jew­ish World Ser­vice, 212.792.2889
Elise Young, Action Aid USA and Gen­der Action, 202.631.6335
Haiti: Groups to Press Array of Concerns …

By Nick Owens, Mirror.co.uk
The world pledged £3.4billion for vic­tims, but six months on just 2% of the cash has been given out

It was one of the …

By Ansel Herz, with Crossover Dreams in the Huff­in­g­ton Post
Actor Sean Penn, who is help­ing man­age a camp of dis­placed earth­quake vic­tims in Haiti, is making …

By Alice Speri, Women’s Inter­na­tional Perspective

• Out­side the National Pen­i­ten­tiary in Port-au-Prince. Pho­to­graph cour­tesy of the author. •

Eleven-year-old Car­men Suze quar­reled with a …