May 09, 2012 (Caribbean News Now)
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Chile have signed a letter of intent to strengthen capacities in the area of violence against women in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean, among which are OAS member states Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
May 01, 2012 (New York Times)
Quietly and against the odds, women are stepping up the political ladder in Latin America, moving ahead of the United States when it comes to political empowerment and closely matching much of Western Europe.
April 18, 2012 (American Bar Association)
From March 7–9, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI)—in cooperation with the Haitian Ministry of Justice, the National Police Academy, the Magistrate School and the Medico-Legal Research and Action Unit (Unité de Recherche et d'Action Medico-Légale, or URAMEL)—conducted a workshop on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) for 37 judges, justices of the peace, investigative magistrates, prosecutors and police officers.
April 11, 2012 (ABC CBN News)
The teenage boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti reportedly plans to testify against his attackers.
Fritz Dorziair, a representative for the boy's family, said the teen and his parents will travel to Uruguay -- the home country of his alleged attackers -- for a May 10 court hearing, according to international and local media reports.
March 17, 2012 (The Daily Tribune)
A 155-strong peace-keeping contingent will flew to Haiti yesterday from the Villamor Air Base as part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) commitment to the United Nations (UN) Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah).
March 13, 2012 (Antigua Observer.com)
A Pakistani military tribunal has convicted two United Nations peacekeepers for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy.
U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg said judges from a Pakistani military tribunal came to Haiti to hold the trial that resulted in the conviction last week of the peacekeepers from pakistan. They were found guilty in the rape of the boy in the northern city of Gonaives on January 20.
March 13, 2012 (Antigua Observer.com)
A Pakistani military tribunal has convicted two United Nations peacekeepers for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy.
U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg said judges from a Pakistani military tribunal came to Haiti to hold the trial that resulted in the conviction last week of the peacekeepers from pakistan. They were found guilty in the rape of the boy in the northern city of Gonaives on January 20.
March 12, 2012 (Caribbean Journal)
International Women's Day was celebrated on March 8. Many will argue that every day is women's day, especially in a country like Jamaica, where women make up at least 70 percent of university graduates and occupy many middle and top-level jobs.
March 07, 2012 (Haiti Libre)
The First Lady of the Republic, Ms Sophia Martelly, officially opened yesterday Tuesday, the National Forum on the Issues of Haitian women, which takes place from March 6-8, 2012, at the Historical Park Cof the Sugar cane around the theme "the Haitian woman at a time of national reconstruction"
February 14, 2012 (Miami Herald)
A delegation arrives Monday in Haiti at a time when the relationship between Haitians and the U.N. peacekeeping mission is uneasy.
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