Abstract
Sadness but also anger is the immediate reaction to the deaths of 200,000 Haitians. Among the dead are Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan (founders of three leading Haitian feminist organizations) and 14 of the 16 members of SEROvie, the main Haitian organization providing HIV-related services for men who have sex with men and the transgendered – people who have been at the front line in pushing for political change from within Haiti. Kara McDonald’s words that “it is hard to identify another country that has had as many peacekeeping forces, stabilization operations, and crisis responses at work in the last three decades” add to the anger over the ineffectiveness of domestic governance and international aid that has outweighed the efforts of such local activists.
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Chase, Anthony
(2010)
"A Time for Anger. And a Time for Rights, Not Charity,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 10:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
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