Women in Haiti
Posted by michyh on January 24th, 2010
Truth teller Amy Goodman presentation on the death of the founders of organizations related to the support of women and girls in Haiti. A good study/question for students always in terms of ANY event: How does this event impact women and children differently than men? Why is this so? For an ongoing source to the answers always seek out Lucinda Marshall’s Feminist Peace Network blog. She taught me to ask the question!The earthquake claimed the lives of Haitian feminists artists and activists: Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, founders of three of Haiti’s most important advocacy organizations working on behalf of women and girls. Myriam Merlet in partnership with Eve Ensler and V-Day helped establish the first shelter for women survivors of violence in Haiti: the V-Day Haiti Sorority Safe House.For more information about Myriam Merlet visit Democracy Now’s website athttp://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/19/haitian_feminist_leader_myriam_merlet_1953.For more information about all three women visit: http://www.daylife.com/topic/Eve_Ensler.For more information about the V-Day Haiti Rescue Fund visit http://www.vday.org/node/1781 for the Safe House and community of women it serves.Recommendations of philanthropic organizations supporting Haiti from the Ms. Foundation
- The Global Fund for Women, http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/
- Grassroots International, http://www.grassrootsonline.org/
- The Lambi Fund of Haiti, http://www.lambifund.org/
- Partners in Health, http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti
Read more about Eve Ensler’s work with women in Haiti and other parts of the world related to both she and Majora Carter, both truth tellers in Americans Who Tell the Truth series. 
