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The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Haiti
05.05.2008
Peasants' and other grassroots organizations are promoting change in Haiti, write two agricultural activists who paid a visit to the Caribbean island, where they found food scarcity, environmental damage, and general insecurity are widespread.
more...From: Grassroots International Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [Labour] [Poverty] [Forests] [Activism] Image: Haitian farmers. © Grassroots International
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01.05.2008
The Haitian government and the international community contributed significantly to the dire situation that sparked the early April food riots in the Caribbean nation, writes anthropologist Mark Schuller.
more...From: Americas Policy Program Image: Protesting in Haiti. © North American Congress on Latin America
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03.04.2008
The 35th anniversary celebration of a Haiti's largest and oldest peasant movement demonstrates the organization's ability to empower rural people and the vitality of grassroots democracy in this Caribbean nation, writes Nikhil Aziz.
more...From: Grassroots International Image: © Grassroots International
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18.02.2008
Addressing infants' and maternal nutrition needs during a child's first two years of life is much more effective, in terms of promoting children's physical and cognitive development, than treating children who are already moderately malnourished, says a study from an international food research institute.
more...From: International Food Policy Research Institute Image: At a nutrition rehabilitation center in Madagascar. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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29.11.2007
Dr. Jean "Bill" Pape, founder of the first Haitian clinic to investigate the Caribbean AIDS epidemic, is seeing infection rates drop thanks to pro-condom campaigns, increased HIV-screening, and safer blood banks.
more...From: Heroes of HIV |
13.11.2007
Kehitysmaiden lapsille suunnattu tietokone löytää tiensä vielä tämän vuoden puolella myös Peruun, Meksikoon, Etiopiaan, Ruandaan, Haitiin ja Intiaan. Käyttöönoton lähestyessä alkuperäinen sadan dollarin kannettava on hinnaltaan jo lähes kaksinkertainen.
more...From: Digital Opportunity Channel Related topics/regions: [Uruguay] [Peru] [Mexico] [India] [Education] [Intermediate technology] [International cooperation] [ICT] |
02.11.2007
As natural disasters ravish the Caribbean and Central Africa, the United Nations has announced the launch of a new office that will use space technology to reduce and prevent disasters around the world.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Congo Brazaville] [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Dominican Republic] Image: The world pictured from outer space. © Michael Klare / MediaChannel
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24.10.2007
Haitian and global activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine has not been seen since August. Ben Terral of Haiti Action contrasts the Haiti of the US and its proxy army with the real Haiti of Lovinsky, the Lavalas movement and the masses of Haitian people.
more...From: Pambazuka News Image: Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine
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12.10.2007
Roughly 10 percent of Haitian children live a life of forced slave labor because their families cannot afford to raise them. Listen as they explain in their own words the hardships they endure as they are sent away from their homes to serve under families in the city.
more...From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Image: A child servant in Haiti. © Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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24.08.2007
On August 23, 1791 the slaves of Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) began their historic revolt, sparking the gradual process that resulted in the international elimination of slavery and the slave trade.
more...From: Human Rights Education Associates Related topics/regions: [Dominican Republic] Image: Slaves were led from dark holding areas to transport ships anchored just offshore. © UNESCO
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14.05.2007
El primer mandatario haitiano agradeció igualmente la iniciativa de las naciones que conforman al Alba y en especial al Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez FrÃas, por la propuesta de garantizar el suministro de 100% de las necesidades de energÃa a las naciones del Alba, y también a HaitÃ.
more...From: Groupe Medialternatif Related topics/regions: [Development] [International cooperation] Image: Haiti
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07.05.2007
En dÃas pasados hemos asistido a algunos actos de intimidación contra la ciudadana dominicana Sonia Pierre, ya sea destruyendo su fotografÃa de la exposición pública en el Parque Independencia, donde se la considera entre las 100 mujeres dominicanas representativas de nuestra sociedad
more...From: Radio Internacional Feminista Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Civil society] |
26.04.2007
El actual ministro haitiano de la Planificación y Cooperación externa, Jean Max Bellerive, lanzó, el jueves 12 de abril, la preparación del Documento de la estrategia nacional de crecimiento y reducción de la pobreza (DSNCRP, sigla en francés de Document de stratégie nationale pour la croissance et la réduction de la pauvreté).
more...From: Groupe Medialternatif Related topics/regions: [Development] [Social exclusion] [Governance] Image: http://www.almendron.com
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18.04.2007
Actos de intimidacion contra Sonia Pierre constituyen señales de una intolerancia y de una denegación de integración de la comunidad de ascendencia haitiana, expresan las organizaciones de defensa de derechos humanos a las conferencias episcopales catolicas romanas, haitiana y dominicana, reunidas en Puerto Principe del 15 al 17 de abril de 2007.
more...From: Groupe Medialternatif Related topics/regions: [Dominican Republic] [Migration] [Social exclusion] [Human rights] |
16.04.2007
Helicópteros rondan las favelas (villas miseria) durante toda la madrugada y un cerco militar alrededor de los barrios populares impide a los habitantes trasladarse, ir a trabajar, llevar a sus hijos a la escuela y hasta buscar agua.
more...From: ADITAL, Agencia de Información Fray Tito para América Latina Related topics/regions: [Social exclusion] [Human rights] [Arms & military] |
09.04.2007
Dos dÃas antes de la Nochebuena, el 22 de diciembre a las tres de la madrugada, 400 soldados bajo el mando de oficiales brasileños asaltaron con blindados Cité Soleil, barrio de Puerto PrÃncipe, apoyados por helicópteros que disparaban sobre la atemorizada población que se refugiaba en sus precarias viviendas.
more...From: International Relations Center Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Arms & military] Image: Mujer en Cité Soleil, HaitÃ
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30.03.2007
Läntisen pallonpuoliskon köyhimmästä maasta, Haitista, kantautuu kerrankin positiivisia uutisia. Maan turvallisuustilanne on kohentunut, mikä mahdollistaa myös poliittisen vakauden ja paremmat talousnäkymät, totesi Helsingissä vieraillut Haitin ja YK:n yhteishankkeen edustaja Mamadou M'Baye.
more...From: Ulkoministeriö Related topics/regions: [Development] Image: © Refugees International
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22.03.2007
Brazil and Canada have helped launch a new vaccine program in Haiti, hoping to drastically improve the country's child survival rate. Haiti's vaccination coverage has been rising since 2002, but it still ranks behind most of its neighbors and much of sub-Saharan Africa.
more...From: United Nations Children's Fund Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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Haiti-Rep. Dominicana : Dan inicio a la construcción del mercado binacional de Dajabón-Ouanaminthe
19.03.2007
“Lo que estamos haciendo hoy, construyendo un mercado, es importante en sÃ, pero a mi me interesa mucho más como paso concreto y práctico hacia una nueva relación entre las dos naciones de esta isla de Quisqueya”, alegó el embajador de la Comisión Europea en nuestro paÃs.
more...From: Groupe Medialternatif Related topics/regions: [Dominican Republic] [Development] [International cooperation] [Trade] |
01.03.2007
Por unanimidad el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas tomó el 15 de febrero del 2007 la Resolución 1743, por la cual se prorroga hasta el 15 de octubre del 2007 el mandato de la Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Estabilización en Haità (MINUSTAH).
more...From: Agencia Latinoamericana de Información Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [United Nations] Image: www.bbc.com.uk
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