Document Source: The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Year: 2015
Tags: education, healthcare, report
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
Objectives: To measure trauma-related distress and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week yoga intervention (YI) in reducing trauma-related symptoms and emotional and behavioral difficulties (EBD) among children living in orphanages in Haiti.
Document Source: Center for Black Studies Research
Year: 2016
Tags: abuse, analysis, psychology, report, servitude
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
Probably the largest group of child workers in the world are. child domestic workers( CDW). The International Labour Organisation( ILO) estimates that there are 250 million child workers in the developing world, and that domestic work is the largest worldwide employment category of girls under the age of sixteen( ILO 1998). However, the proportion of …
Document Source: Oak Foundation
Year: 2019
Tags: abuse, adolescent, analysis, assessment, report
Categories: Restavek
Language: English
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: Patricia Coker-Bolt, Annika Jansson, Sherridan Bigg, Elizabeth Hammond, Harmony Hudson, Sarah Hunkler, Jana Kitch, Heather Richardson, Erica Tiedemann, Janet O’Flynn, and Marie Dominque Laurent
Year: 2017
Tags: report, statistics, teaching, women
Categories: Healthcare
Language: English
Recent studies report that Haitian women are concerned about unmet women’s health issues. The Days for Girls (DfG) International program features women’s health education and personal hygiene kits to ensure women understand the process of menstruation and sanitary hygiene practices
Document Source: Laura Rose Wagner
Year: 2008
Tags: analysis, culture, report
Categories: Restavek
Language:
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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