Women in the aftermath of the 2010 Haitian earthquake

BF Duramy - Emory Int'l L. Rev., 2011 - HeinOnline
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, devastating the capital of the
country, Port-au-Prince, and several other cities. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians died …

Many Voices: Combining International Human Rights Advocacy and Grassroots Activism to End Sexual Violence in Haiti

Y Susskind - CUNY L. Rev., 2010 - HeinOnline
On January 12, 2010, less than one minute of violent shaking took over 200,000 lives in
Haiti and rendered more than one million more homeless. The reverberations of the …

Still trembling: State obligation under international law to end post-earthquake rape in Haiti

L Davis - U. Miami L. Rev., 2010 - HeinOnline
The struggle to end sexual violence in Haiti on the international level started with the
visionary work of Professor Rhonda Copelon, t founder of the International Women's Human …

Human Rights Obligations in Post-Disaster Haiti: Working toward Increased Justice for Victims of Gender-Based Violence

E McCreery - Ind. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
Recovery from the consequences of extreme natural disaster requires adequate rule of
law.'To maintain peace and prosperity, effective systems for providing security must be …

Enforcing the right to be free from sexual violence and the role of lawyers in post-earthquake Haiti

B Bookey - CUNY L. Rev., 2010 - HeinOnline
With an enormous death toll, thousands more injured or maimed, and millions pushed into
further poverty and despair, Haiti faces enormous challenges. Developing a long-term legal …

Barriers to Women's Access to Justice in Haiti

M Jagannath - CUNY L. Rev., 2011 - HeinOnline
The mouths of Haitian women have long been swollen by untold accounts of violence.
Silenced by the structural impediments caused by the deep-rooted gender discrimination …

Toward effective access to justice in Haiti: eliminating the medical certificate requirement in rape Prosecutions

SD Lankenau - Hastings LJ, 2012 - HeinOnline
The catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010 drew domestic and
international attention to the status and practical realities of Haiti's laws governing the …

" Pa Manyen Fanm Nan Konsa": Intersectionality, Structural Violence, and Vulnerability Before and After Haiti's Earthquake

M Schuller - Feminist Studies, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
ABSTRACT On January 12, 2010, an earthquake in Haiti sent shockwaves across the world,
triggering an unprecedented international response. In the months that followed …

Women's status in Haiti ten years after the earthquake

M Tøraasen - Available at SSRN 3648095, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Ten years ago, on January 12, at 16: 53 in the afternoon, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck
Haiti. The country was left in shambles. So was the women's movement. Three of its most …

Benedetta Faedi Duramy: Gender and Violence in Haiti: Women's Path from Victims to Agents: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 2014, 172 pp, price US …

L Levers - 2016 - Springer
This book review examines the recent publication, Gender and Violence in Haiti: Women's
Path from Victims to Agents by Benedetta Faedi Duramy. Duramy provides an in-depth …