October 30, 2019
Categories: Human Rights, Politics, Slavery, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: labor standards, wages
Objectively, paying Haitian workers less than US$0.50/hour has produced slums and squalor. The US foreign policy to promote US corporate interests as a matter of national security has undermined Haitian sovereignty and supported a culture of labor exploitation. The aftermath of these policies is also domestic servitude. Conveniently there is a narrative that wants to […]
December 19, 2018
Categories: Haiti, Human Rights, Poverty, Recipients, Restavek, Slavery
Tags: host families, households
This is the latest installment of this blog highlighting the conditions of Child Domestic Workers in Haiti. In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. The majority of these children are girls and are […]
December 21, 2016
Tags: human rights, Restavek
One of the hallmarks of advancing societies is the ability to evolve as new insights are made. Although the fleshing out of this might look differently for each culture, one trademark that seems to be an essential underpinning to success is, the respect for preserving basic human rights for all their citizens. When societies do […]
April 16, 2016
Categories: France, History, Justice, Slavery, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: colonialism, development, Duvalier, occupation, slavery
Before the Haitian independence of 1804, brutal slavery went on for 300 years. During slavery the only institutions and infrastructure in Haiti were in function of plantation commerce and colonials’ habitat.When comparing Haiti to the DR, one difference is the formation of social fabric. Spaniards systematically raped women and killed man in most of the Spanish […]
January 19, 2016
Categories: Slavery
Tags: forced labor, Price of Sugar
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.youtube.com So close and so faraway, bloody hands full of ignorance and fake smiles on the backs of many See on Scoop.it – Haiti – History