Latest Haiti Democracy News
Recruitment
We have recruited up to forty-five women candidates and have retained twenty-five: Slideshow
All Over the Map
See where the twenty-five candidates of the Haiti Democracy Project hail from
Vying for Support
Excerpts from a foundation proposal
Thousands Alive in O-hi-o
Gov. Mike DeWine, a leading Haiti booster, clamps down hard on the coronavirus in his state
Charting Our Ambition
From 4 women of 149 in the last parliament, we want to run one or more women for each of the 149 seats
Why Men Make Better Parliamentarians
Only they combine the attributes of lawmaker and gunman in the same person
Why Men Make Better Senators
Only they combine in one person the attributes of lawmaker and furniture-mover
Keep 1.5 Meters Away
The women’s project will produce a nurse-advised radio spot on best practices to avoid the virus
Rete Lakay (Stay Home)
One of our candidates, Shelove Desroches, is airing this radio spot, “The Coronavirus Is No Joke” in Gros Morne, Artibonite, where she is running for deputy in the next parliament
Money Problems Plaguing Project
By Wiselaine Dorcélus, coordinator. Nous avons beaucoup de volonté, mais les moyens nous manquent
30 Percent of Parliament Reserved for Women — We’ve Got Them!
President Moïse says that the electoral decree will reserve 30 percent, or 42 of 139 parliamentary seats, for women. If so, our women’s project is grooming 45 and counting
The Cubans Are Coming
Medical brigade of 348 doctors and nurses
Women to Tell Communities to Social-Distance
We are collecting disinfectant kits to send to the women candidates in Haiti
Project Leader Is Assaulted, Robbed
On March 10, 2020, our leader in Haiti, Wiselaine Dorcélus, was beaten and robbed in a taxi while on duty for the women’s project
The Women’s Meeting of January 25, 2020
By Féline Simmonds. We spoke about the different problems confronted by women during their campaigns and even after the elections
Seeking ‘Massive’ Influx of Women Candidates
Future candidates came from all over the country. The Women Candidates’ Group will launch educational campaigns in their districts to get out the vote for women candidates. The group’s leaders continue to receive calls from prospective candidates around the country
This Entrepreneur-Turned-Politician Could Save Haiti
Réginald Boulos is that rara avis, an upright politician in a corrupt country. Governmental corruption is killing Haiti. By rooting it out he will put Haiti on its upward path. As his brother Rudy, equally uncorrupt and a founding member of this organization, said in his 2006 senatorial campaign, “I’m not running for the senate to get a house in Port-au-Prince. I already have one.” So with Reginald. He is not doing it for himself. Click above to read his CV.
60 Women Candidates To Meet January 25
The Haiti Democracy Project’s women-candidates organization, le Réseau National des Femmes Candidates, will meet in Port-au-Prince on January 25
Where There Is a Woman, There Is Life
Women’s empowerment is a core pillar of Reginald Boulos’s Third Way Movement
In Memoriam
Micha Gaillard