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Women have been involved in social movements in Haiti since the battle for independence even if History does not recall their names.

After 1986, women’s organizations multiplied in the countries as women wanted to organized and use their newly acquired right to gather into associations, something that was forbidden during the Duvaliers’ era. On April 3, 1986 women marched in different cities of Haiti to express their wiliness to be part of the new democratic movement that was developing. The first democratic elections took place in 1990 and Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected. In September 1991 there is a Coup d’état against president Aristide and from 1991 to 1994 rape is used as political weapon against women. In 1993 during the repression the first conference on violence against gender takes place. It’s organized by several women’s organizations. Aristide is brought back to power in September 1994. Many women’s organizations were advocating for a Ministry of Women’s affairs. In November 1994 the Ministry of Status and Rights of Women is created and Lise-Marie Déjean becomes the Minister. In 1996 Haiti signs the INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT AND ERADICATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN "CONVENTION OF BELEM DO PARA". In the constitution of 1987, it says that each time Haiti ratifies an international convention this convention becomes instantly part of the national body of laws and eliminates any laws that are in contradiction with it. This convention was useful to put pressure to change discriminatory laws related to rape, adultery and filiation. Women’s organizations created coalitions to strengthen their work in the beginning of the 2000s: Coordination Nationale de Plaidoyer pour la défense des droits des femmes -CONAP- (National Coordinating Committee for the Advocacy of Women’s Rights) and the Concertation Nationale contre les Violences faites aux Femmes (National consultative platform on violence against women).

On January 12, 2010 Haiti is hit by a major earthquake 2010_Haiti_earthquake. The feminist movement was very impacted by this disaster and several leaders and thinkers were killed including Mirna Narcisse Theodore, Myriam_Merlet, Magalie_Marcelin, Anne_Marie_Coriolan and Mireille Neptune Anglade. It’s estimated that 1,5 millions of people are displaced. The images and discourses on Haiti presented in international media are dehumanizing and victimizing and they lack historic context. The work done before by the feminist movement is ignored by the humanitarians. It’s reported an increasing numbers of rape cases in the camps. While rape cases often increase in period of instability, the international media's focus on this affected negatively the work done to tackle structural causes of violence against women.

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After 1986 there was an increase in the amount of women's organizations in Haiti, as the ability to organize and use their newly acquired right to gather into associations, as this was forbidden during the Duvalier dynasty. Women marched throughout multiple cities in Haiti on April 3, 1986 to express their willingness to become a part of the developing new democratic movement. Approximately four years later, Jean Bertrand Aristide is elected in Haiti's first democratic elections, only for him to be the focus of a coup d’état the following year. Aristide supporters were targeted and harassed for the next few years, with rape used as a political weapon against women. During this time the first conference on violence against gender was held in 1993. Following Aristide's return to power in September 1994, the Ministry of Status and Rights of Women was created, with Lise-Marie Déjean as its Minister. About two years later the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women was signed, which was used to change discriminatory laws related to rape, adultery, and filiation. This was followed by the creation of coalitions by several women's organizations to strengthen their work, such as the Coordination Nationale de Plaidoyer pour la défense des droits des femmes -CONAP- (National Coordinating Committee for the Advocacy of Women’s Rights) and the Concertation Nationale contre les Violences faites aux Femmes (National consultative platform on violence against women).