The Haiti Project
Enfofanm
Port-au-Prince
July 23 - August 1, 1999
Protecting Women’s
Rights in Haiti
Evelyne Margrone &
Lynn Hyacinthe open the
Enfofanm office
Lynn Hyacinthe, our mentor, and Danielle Magloire, Executive Director of Enfofanm
Sandy Gill, Liliane Floge, and volunteer from England in
Enfofanm office
The inverter, made with automobile batteries, to
keep the computer from failing when
power goes out
All-important pre-workshop planning session to define terms and work out
schedule
Isabel at our posh hotel,
which made us feel guilty after
each day of working with
Haiti’s women
Breakfast under the almond tree
NGO workers at hotel
Typical street scene
Haiti in its heyday,the
early decades of
the twentieth century
No money for restoration architecture
Buildings in a state of decay
Haiti’s true genius lies in its
arts:headloads of
baskets for sale
Mr. Petit & his paintings, but where are the tourists who
will buy them?
Recycled oil drum art
Love those oil-drum
sunflowers!
We visit the museum of Haitian arts.
Major hotel lighting
based on oil-drum art
Textile art using sequins
Houses built on mountain hillsides as Port-au-Prince expands
The top of the mountain has also been deforested.
Debris washes down the mountain in a heavy rain.
The faithful 4-wheel drive picked us up each morning
Where we waited in the hotel lobby for our friends
Monument to Maroons, escaped slaves who lived free in the rugged
center of the island
Monument to Father
Bertrand Aristide, who
promised Haiti justice and a new society
Graffiti on wall near export processing zone: “Viv Aristide”
Clouds, metaphoric and real, over Aristide’s Presidential Palace
UN Peacekeepers’ Compound
Anonymous messages about democracy on city walls
Discussing Haitian politics with Evelyn Margron’s husband, Gil
Demonstration at Office of Citizen’s Protection
Liliane, Isabel, &
Sandy wearing “Abolish
Violence” t-shirts
Political candidate, herself a victim of violence, joins in
demonstration
Women doctor tells of another
type of violence: dumping of bad
pharmaceuticals in developing countries.
Tap-tap: how most Haitians get to work in the morning
Tap-taps are brightly painted, inexpensive mass transportation.
Visit to Fanmyola: Senate candidate educates women about
the political process
The woman on the left is also running for public office.
Attending a Famnyola fund-raiser featuring 5 rock bands
The non-existent
Women’s Bureau, an
empty building
Poster about women’s equality
before the law
Visit with Executive Director of Kay-Fanm
Visit with Executive Director of SOFA
Visit to SOFA’s clinic (funded by Madre)
Meeting with “The Strong Women of Matesan”
All of these women had been raped by the police or the army.
The clinic pharmacy had recently been smashed by the police, who accused the
women of drug trading.
Examination room and clinic medical staff
A visit to CPFO, which trains women in labor organizing
We meet with CPFO’s public relations person and their nurse.
Looking at brochures on sexually transmitted diseases
Family Planning Poster
CPFO’s training room
Better-equipped clinic at CPFO (funded by European labor
unions)
Autoclave for sterilization
CPFO Dietician
andCook
Visit to Soros Foundation
Danielle Magloire
at her consulting firm office
Maryam, economist, Danielle’s consulting
firm partner
Sandy, Liliane, Isabel
EQUALITY Girls have the same rights to nourishment, education, and
health care as boys.
Liliane lectures on power and gendered social roles
Workshop notes were
taken in Creole and posted on the wall.
Workshop participants from other Haitian NGO’s
Mid-afternoon
lunch break:
delicious creole food
Workshop participants take notes
Sandy lectures on women in the work force
Women in the
informal economy
Selling used
clothes
Buying items and reselling them on
the street to make a
small profit
Isabel lectures on women’s health issues
Workshop participants swelter and learn
Post-workshop discussion
Computer web site inauguration
But where is the information about women in Haiti?
Symbols of Haiti:
the butterfly and the
generator
The future of Haiti is
in her hands.
Progress for women is progress
for everyone.