Le Nouvelliste Articles on Sexual Harassment

          There is no statute against domestic violence or sexual harassment in Haiti. These articles mentioned a group called the Service of Women's rights and their efforts with other Haitian organizations like MCFDF (Ministre à la condition feminine et aux droits des femmes) to motivate the legislature to create a statute on sexual harassment. "The Service of Women's Rights is conducting a review of some laws. This work is also a major statutory change to include the concept of sexual assault in the Criminal Code and to take into account the different forms of violence, including sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is meant by 'advances or unwanted sexual gestures and repeated, usually from a person who has power or authority over the victim.' It can take several forms: touching, advances, and inappropriate comments."(1)

           "Even if the harassment is not clearly defined in Haitian law, this does not mean that this practice does not exist in Haiti. Often, the victim is the only one to pay the price." (2)

  (1) "Les précisions du ministère à la condition féminine." Le Nouvelliste. N.p., 07 Jul 2006. Web. 19 Nov 2010. <http://www.lenouvelliste.com/article.php?PubID=&ArticleID=31645>.
(2) Cincir, Amos. "Un virus qui ronge le secteur ." Le Nouvelliste. N.p., 09 Oct 2009. Web. 19 Nov 2010. <http://www.lenouvelliste.com/article.php?PubID=&ArticleID=74903>.