Gender and Violence in Haiti: Women's Path from Victims to Agents

Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix List of Acronyms and Organizations xi Introduction 1 1 Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Violence in Context 18 2 Gender-Based Violence in Haiti 34 3 Understanding Women’s Violence in Haiti 58 4 Legal Frameworks 78 5 Victims’ Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response 99 6 Strategies for Action 116 7 Women in the Aftermath of the Earthquake 137 Notes 153 References 157 Index 167 ...