Haïti Gender Equality Collective - Collectif Haïti Égalité

Ensuring Haitian Women’s Participation and Leadership in All Stages of National Relief and Reconstruction

A Gender Shadow Report of the 2010 Haiti PDNA

Since the end of January 2010, Haitian government officials and global stakeholders representatives have worked to draft a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) to serve as a blueprint for Haiti’s reconstruction. Although the PDNA is comprised of eight themes: governance, productive sectors, social sectors, infrastructure sectors, territorial development, environment and disaster risk reduction, economic analysis and cross-cutting sector (including gender, youth, culture, social protection, etc), only one theme (cross-cutting sector) peripherally addresses gender.

Women’s full participation and leadership in all phases of the reconstruction of Haiti requires that a gender perspective be integrated into ongoing discussions and planning. Therefore, a broad coalition of women from diverse backgrounds working both on the ground in Haiti, in grassroots communities, and within the international arena has resolved to produce a Gender Shadow Report which was released on March 31, 2010, on time for to the Haiti Donors’ Conference.

The Report offers human-rights based policy guidelines to donors, international agencies and other stakeholders and promote the rights and leadership of Haitian women, who are key to rebuilding Haiti on a more sustainable, equitable and disaster-resilient foundation.

> Gender Shadow Report Main Recommendations

Pour garantir la participation et le leadership des femmes à toutes les étapes du relèvement et de la reconstruction nationale

Rapport parallèle en matière d’égalité hommes-femmes : une réaction au PDNA 2010 d'Haïti

An Open Letter to Donors of the Haiti Reconstruction

We are a coalition of women and feminist organizations from diverse backgrounds working in communities in Haiti and within the international arena. As organizations committed to partnering with Haitian women to ensure their effective participation in rebuilding Haiti, we call upon donor governments to declare and adhere to internationally recognized standards of women’s human rights in forthcoming relief and reconstruction investments. Such a human-rights based approach is mandated by international law and crucial to rebuilding Haiti on a more sustainable, equitable and disaster-resilient foundation.

Lettre ouverte aux bailleurs de fonds pour la reconstruction d’Haïti

Nous sommes une coalition de femmes et d'organismes féministes de diverses origines travaillant sur le terrain en Haïti ainsi que dans l’arène internationale. En tant qu’organisations engagées dans un partenariat avec les femmes haïtiennes pour garantir leur participation effective à la reconstruction d’Haïti, nous lançons un appel aux pays donateurs afin qu’ils adhèrent aux standards internationalement reconnus en matière de droits des femmes en ce qui à trait aux futurs investissements pour le relèvement et la reconstruction. Une telle approche basée sur les droits de la personne est une exigence du droit international. Elle est aussi cruciale pour la reconstruction du pays sur des fondations plus durables, équitables et résistantes aux désastres.