You Want To Change Haiti? Elect Women
So says Wiselaine Dorcélus, head of the women candidates’ project. Here the women candidates meet with an electoral commissioner to discuss ways of getting more women on the ballot
International Women’s Day: Planning
Feminist leaders meet on International Women’s Day to plan how to flood the elections with women candidates, after only four women were allowed into the last legislature of 149
Thirty Women to Train, Run in Nord-Est Department
Motivate and educate: These are the themes of a training session for thirty women candidates set to meet in the Nord-Est Department on April 22-23. It will cost $5,000, which they don’t have. Reposted with new map
Constitutional ABCs
Article 134-2 makes the new president start immediately after a late election. It juggles the schedule to accommodate this. But in Jovenel Moïse’s case, the amendment was ignored. He wasn’t allowed to start immediately after his election. Out goes Article 134-2, both substance and scheduling
Strategizing Against Violence Toward Girls
The Haiti Democracy Project’s Women Candidates’ Campaign in concert with the Haiti Adolescent Girls’ NetworkPresident Moïse Didn’t Dissolve Parliament
A group of senators effectively did, by blocking the law needed for new elections. –Haitian ambassador Bocchit Edmond writing to the Washington Post