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Document Source: Canadian Medical Association
Year: 2010
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: abuse, analysis, assessment, earthquake, statistics
Before the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, chronic poverty, lack of infrastructure and poor performance on key health indicators had long threatened the well-being of Haiti’s children. Though Haiti ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1994,1 this nation has the highest mortality rates among infants, children less …
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August 22, 2021
Document Source: Oak Foundation
Year: 2019
Language: English
Categories: Restavek
Tags: abuse, adolescent, analysis, assessment, report
Together for Girls, in partnership with the Equality Institute and the Oak Foundation, has drawn on an extensive evidence base and the expert knowledge of civil society, practitioners, academics, and policymakers, with special attention to LMICs, to do the following: • Present a user-friendly summary of the existing evidence of what works to prevent one …
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Document Source: Karina Villalba, Jennifer Attonito, Michele Jean-Gilles, Rhonda Rosenberg, Mariana Sanchez, and Jessy Devieux
Year: 2020
Language: English
Categories: Healthcare
In Haiti, a total of 25% of women living with HIV have experienced childhood sexual abuse (CSA), which puts them at an increased risk for alcohol abuse. CSA has also been associated with anxiety disorders in adulthood. Therefore, it is critical to understand the relationship between CSA, anxiety, and alcohol use among women living with …
August 5, 2021
The practice of keeping restavèks, or unpaid domestic child laborers, in Haiti has come under scrutiny by both human rights activists and journalists, many of whom describe it as a form of slavery. While this description is not entirely inaccurate and may also be useful, it fails to reflect the variability of treatment of restavèks, …
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July 28, 2021
2011 – Haiti’s Troubles: Perspectives From the Theology of Work and From This dissertation examines ―signs of the times‖ in contemporary Haiti, concentrating on the harsh realities of work and workers in the context of entrenched poverty and ecological devastation. It seeks to formulate a Christian theological ethical framework that will empower movements of both …
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June 20, 2021
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