Crisis in Haiti

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, UN Women seeks to rebuild women’s shelters, expand the provision of urgently needed services, and protect women and their communities, and is requesting US$7 million for this work.

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Currently, the UN Women team in Haiti is working alongside NGO partners to strengthen services to victims of gender-based violence and their families in women’s centres and temporary shelters in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel.

Building on the foundation of UN Women programming in Haiti around gender-responsive governance, economic security and advancing women’s rights, the funds raised will be channelled towards urgent humanitarian and early recovery efforts, which will include:

• Assistance for victims and survivors during the immediate aftermath and early recovery stages;
• Strengthening government capacity to ensure transparent and effective delivery of humanitarian assistance to people living in temporary camps;
• Efforts to prevent escalation of gender-based violence;
• Boosting capacity of NGOs to deliver services and support women who are victims of violence; and
• In the early recovery stage, efforts to meet women’s economic livelihood needs through strengthening new livelihood/entrepreneurial skills linked to market access.

Please visit this page often for updates on UN Women’s work in Haiti.

Flash Appeal Update

On 18 February the United Nations launched the largest ever appeal for natural disaster, calling for nearly US$1.5 billion for Haiti. read more

News

• Women in Haiti (30.07.10)
• UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman and Executive Director Inés Alberdi in Haiti Stress Women’s Equality as Central for Recovery (30.07.10)
• Haiti: Restoring Shelter from Violence (04.06.10)
• Changing the Game: Gaining Traction in Fragile States (04.03.10)
• Voices of Haitian Women Highlighted (03.03.10)
• Afghan and Haitian Women Leaders Say Investing in Women Crucial to Rebuilding Their Nations: Urge US Government to Put Women at the Centre of Foreign Policy (03.03.10)
• Chilean President Bachelet Stresses Women’s Role in the Reconstruction of Haiti (20.02.10)
• Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to Call for Attention to Women’s Needs in Haiti (19.02.10)
• Equality is the Path – Responding Today and Building the Future in Haiti (12.02.10)
• UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton Meets with Haitian Women (12.02.10)
• Outgoing Chilean President to Work with UNIFEM to Advocate for Haitian Women’s Needs (01.02.10)
• On the Ground: Women Struggle to Survive in Haiti (25.01.10)
• UNIFEM Mourns the Deaths of Women’s Rights Activists in Haiti (21.01.10)
• UNIFEM Seeks Funding to Provide Shelter and Services for Women in Haiti (18.01.10)
• UNIFEM Executive Director on the Earthquake in Haiti (14.01.10)