Description
Trade Review"Duramy details a culture of impunity that makes violence against women unlikely to be reported, let alone prosecuted. The book succeeds in its nuanced look at Haitian women's relationships to violence, and its main strength is the use of women's lived experiences to blur the categories of 'victim' and 'perpetrator'. Duramy's case study...will be useful to policymakers and international aid workers working on post-conflict reintegration programs and criminal justice reforms that see women as more than just 'dependants'." * Times Higher Education *
"One of the greatest strengths of the book is Duramy's ability to contextualize and historicize the pandemic levels of violence against Haitian girls and women while not justifying it … In sum,
Gender and Violence in Haiti is a very powerful and, due to the content, disturbing read ... I thank Professor Duramy for researching and writing about a topic as urgent and yet overlooked as this one." * Gender & Society *
"A concise, alarming, and much-needed contribution that will benefit academics working on Haiti and women’s rights, specialists of human rights, and practitioners of humanitarianism." * E-Misférica *
"In short, Prof. Duramy’s book is detailed, even-handed, and thoughtful. It upends assumptions that impede deeper understanding of the complicated issues that Haitian women living in poverty face. The book offers readers a nuanced view of an extraordinarily complex situation and presents a range of carefully crafted solutions that one can only hope will inform policy makers in Haiti and beyond. " * Human Rights Quarterly *
"Uses rich qualitative data to raise awareness of the extent to which gender-based violence has entrenched itself deeply into the fabric of Haitian society." * Human Rights Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Organizations
Introduction
1. Gender-Bsed Violence and Women's Violence in Context
2. Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
3. Understanding Women's Violence in Haiti
4. Legal Frameworks
5. Victims' Help-Seeking and the Criminal-Justice Response
6. Strategies for Action
7. Women in the Aftermath of the Earthquake
Notes
References
Index
