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Haiti - Politic : UN encourages and supports Haitian women 11/03/2016 09:14:59
The United Nations encourages the efforts of government and different social actors of Haiti to eliminate from public life and private life all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking and exploitation sexual and all other forms of exploitation. Despite progress, the physical and psychological violence continues to affect one Haitian woman out of four. In this regard, the UN strongly encourage special protection for women and girls in vulnerable situations such as migrant or displaced women in need. The UN also supports the strengthening of the capacities of women who face multiple barriers, such as: the socio-economic pressures on households (especially in times of crisis or as a result of a natural disaster), insecurity the employment or maternity-related discrimination. This factor combined with a high fertility rate of 3.5 children per woman. One teenager 15-19 out of 7 (14%) has already had a birth or are pregnant for the first time; increasing dropouts. The UN in Haiti also encourage the actions of civil society and government designed to assure the full and effective participation of women and their access full equality in leadership positions at all levels of decision making in the political, economic and public. Haiti remains one of the six countries in the world where both parliamentary chambers (Senate and Chamber of Deputies) have no woman representation, while the 1987 Haitian Constitution establishes the principle of quota of at least 30% . In this respect, it seems appropriate that legal instruments define the modalities of application of that quota. In education, the UN encourages Haiti's efforts to advance in equal access to education for girls and women to education, in formal and non-formal education. In this regard, it is crucial to integrate the curriculum in gender equality and transformation of stereotypes, also by introducing it in textbooks and the training of the teaching staff. In primary and secondary education a gender parity is noted since 2000. At the secondary level, the enrollment of girls exceeds that of boys. However, the inequality becomes more obvious to people who have reached higher education (6.1% for women 35 to 39 years, against 11.8% for men). The low level of higher education that affects women predominantly explain their early entry and without qualification on the labor market. The United Nations also support Haiti in its efforts for reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, and access to ownership and control of land and other forms of property, to financial services , inheritance and natural resources. In Haiti, 71% of women have neither land nor house. 20% have a good jointly and only 9% are owners. Finally, the United Nations in Haiti welcome the ratification of international legal instruments for gender equality, such as CEDAW Convention and encourage the application of the laws already initiated by the Parliament and the Government of Haiti, including "the law on fatherhood, motherhood and filiation", "the law on the conditions of domestic work", the "Draft framework law on the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence against women and girls" and the minimum 30% quota provided for in the Constitution. HL/ HaitiLibre
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