By Haiti Grassroots Watch
July 18, 2011
“You have to ‘negotiate’ to get a job in the program.”
“Some of us put up with sexual harassment in order to get the tiny amount for survival.”
“The foremen… give the jobs to their relatives and girlfriends.”
“Around here, we don’t think these jobs are really in our interest.”
These are just some of the comments from participants in a so-called “humanitarian” program in the Ravine Pintade neighborhood in the Haitian capital.
The comments aren’t just random, and the program is not unique. It's one of dozens of “Cash for Work” programs, employing thousands of people, going on around the country. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.ayitikaleje.org/haiti-grassroots-watch-engli/2011/7/18/cash-for-work-at-what-cost.html
Haiti Grassroots Watch is a partnership of AlterPresse, the Society for the Animation of Social Communication (SAKS), the Network of Women Community Radio Broadcasters (REFRAKA) and the community radios of the Association of Haitian Community Media (AMEKA).
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Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti
by Beverly Bell, Huffington Post
October 19, 2010
"I came to protest so we can find a solution. Misery is killing me," said Mascarie Sainte-Anne, 70, at the edge of a rally in front of Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive's office on October 12.
Haitians have been taking to the streets with increasing frequency since August in calls for redress of the economic and social crisis which has followed the earthquake. The social movements' demands of the government include the right of those living in internally displaced people's camps to permanent, humane housing; accessible education; and an increase in minimum wage. Rallies have also protested the continued presence of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/citizen-protests-governme_b_766360.html
October 19, 2010
"I came to protest so we can find a solution. Misery is killing me," said Mascarie Sainte-Anne, 70, at the edge of a rally in front of Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive's office on October 12.
Haitians have been taking to the streets with increasing frequency since August in calls for redress of the economic and social crisis which has followed the earthquake. The social movements' demands of the government include the right of those living in internally displaced people's camps to permanent, humane housing; accessible education; and an increase in minimum wage. Rallies have also protested the continued presence of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/citizen-protests-governme_b_766360.html
Monday, October 25, 2010
Beyond Wyclef: What Haitians Want From Elections
“I see the elections of November 28 as an injustice to the population who are victims of the earthquake of January 12. This money [from the campaign] could be used to help people who are in difficulty."
Beverly Bell, Toward Freedom
October 18, 2010
We asked dozens of Haitians from different social sectors how they felt about the November 28 elections, and what they want or expect from a new government. Here are some of their responses. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/americas/2147-beyond-wyclef-what-haitians-want-from-electio
Beverly Bell, Toward Freedom
October 18, 2010
We asked dozens of Haitians from different social sectors how they felt about the November 28 elections, and what they want or expect from a new government. Here are some of their responses. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/americas/2147-beyond-wyclef-what-haitians-want-from-electio
Friday, September 3, 2010
Mexican Community Theater: A Different View of Immigration
by David L. Wilson, MRZine
September 3, 2010
In a small, crowded theater in New York's West Village the night of August 8, a group of thirty indigenous women from central Mexico finally got a chance to perform their play before a U.S. audience.
The cast, members of the community group Soame Citlalime ("Women of the Star" in Náhuatl), had spent the past year creating "La Casa Rosa," a 90-minute drama about the impact of immigration on their village, San Francisco Tetlanohcan, east of Mexico City in the state of Tlaxcala. An April tour in New York and New Haven, sponsored by the New Haven-based Institute for Social and Cultural Practice and Research in Mexico (IIPSOCULTA U.S.), had to be cancelled at the last minute when the U.S. embassy in Mexico City denied the group's application for visas. [...]
Read the full article:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/wilson030910.html
September 3, 2010
In a small, crowded theater in New York's West Village the night of August 8, a group of thirty indigenous women from central Mexico finally got a chance to perform their play before a U.S. audience.
The cast, members of the community group Soame Citlalime ("Women of the Star" in Náhuatl), had spent the past year creating "La Casa Rosa," a 90-minute drama about the impact of immigration on their village, San Francisco Tetlanohcan, east of Mexico City in the state of Tlaxcala. An April tour in New York and New Haven, sponsored by the New Haven-based Institute for Social and Cultural Practice and Research in Mexico (IIPSOCULTA U.S.), had to be cancelled at the last minute when the U.S. embassy in Mexico City denied the group's application for visas. [...]
Read the full article:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/wilson030910.html
Friday, August 6, 2010
NYC, Aug. 8: "La Casa Rosa," immigration play
From Mexico: the performance the State Department didn't want you to see...
"La Casa Rosa" and Families Without Borders Break Barriers, Reunite Families
Sunday, August 8, 2010
8 pm (doors open 7 pm)
Wings Theater
154 Christopher Street, Lower Level
New York City
(at Washington Street; PATH to Christopher Street, 1 to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square)
RSVP: iipsoculta@yahoo.com
More information: http://www.lacasarosausa.blogspot.com/
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=154%20christopher%20street%20NYC
Woman's Theater Project comes to the United States After Battle with State Dept
New Haven, CT / New York, NY (July 27, 2010) After a protracted battle with the U.S. State Department, visas have finally been issued for the members of Soame Citlalime, an all-female theater group from Mexico that has developed "La Casa Rosa" ("The Pink House"), an immigration play. The United States premier performance will take place at Wings Theater on Sunday, August 8th, at 7pm (154 Christopher Street, New York, NY).
"La Casa Rosa" is a collaboration between The Institute for Social and Cultural Practice and Research (IIPSOCULTA), The Migrant Family Support Center (CAFAMI), and Carlton Industries. It arrives in the United States this summer as part of the "Families Without Borders" tour, a multi-state program of workshops and presentations. The productions' goal is to break cultural borders by assembling audiences from all backgrounds to discuss the realities of a globalized world, and to literally reunite the cast of "La Casa Rosa" with their family members working in the United States, many of whom they haven't seen in over 10 years.
How do we protect what's important? How do we advance in a system designed to limit our options? How do we find common ground when the world is intent on keeping us apart?
"La Casa Rosa" is the lesser-told side of the immigration story - that of those left behind. Set against a backdrop of the mysterious disappearance of a local youth and a popular struggle in a rural community, "La Casa Rosa" follows the story of two sisters vying for the control of their ancestral land. In it, two very different visions are realized and the answers to vital ethical questions are approached. Subtitled "Fighting for a Future in a Free Trade World," the play's U.S. tour was stopped by the State Department due to objections regarding the group's mission and the play's content. Visas were finally granted on July 1st after support was offered from New Haven Mayor John Destefano and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.
Read more:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2010/08/nyc-aug-8-la-casa-rosa-immigration-play.html
Watch an excerpt from the play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qXG7rAljY
Read about the play in La Jornada del Oriente (in Spanish):
http://www1.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2010/06/28/tlaxcala/contra12.php
"La Casa Rosa" and Families Without Borders Break Barriers, Reunite Families
Sunday, August 8, 2010
8 pm (doors open 7 pm)
Wings Theater
154 Christopher Street, Lower Level
New York City
(at Washington Street; PATH to Christopher Street, 1 to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square)
RSVP: iipsoculta@yahoo.com
More information: http://www.lacasarosausa.blogspot.com/
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=154%20christopher%20street%20NYC
Woman's Theater Project comes to the United States After Battle with State Dept
New Haven, CT / New York, NY (July 27, 2010) After a protracted battle with the U.S. State Department, visas have finally been issued for the members of Soame Citlalime, an all-female theater group from Mexico that has developed "La Casa Rosa" ("The Pink House"), an immigration play. The United States premier performance will take place at Wings Theater on Sunday, August 8th, at 7pm (154 Christopher Street, New York, NY).
"La Casa Rosa" is a collaboration between The Institute for Social and Cultural Practice and Research (IIPSOCULTA), The Migrant Family Support Center (CAFAMI), and Carlton Industries. It arrives in the United States this summer as part of the "Families Without Borders" tour, a multi-state program of workshops and presentations. The productions' goal is to break cultural borders by assembling audiences from all backgrounds to discuss the realities of a globalized world, and to literally reunite the cast of "La Casa Rosa" with their family members working in the United States, many of whom they haven't seen in over 10 years.
How do we protect what's important? How do we advance in a system designed to limit our options? How do we find common ground when the world is intent on keeping us apart?
"La Casa Rosa" is the lesser-told side of the immigration story - that of those left behind. Set against a backdrop of the mysterious disappearance of a local youth and a popular struggle in a rural community, "La Casa Rosa" follows the story of two sisters vying for the control of their ancestral land. In it, two very different visions are realized and the answers to vital ethical questions are approached. Subtitled "Fighting for a Future in a Free Trade World," the play's U.S. tour was stopped by the State Department due to objections regarding the group's mission and the play's content. Visas were finally granted on July 1st after support was offered from New Haven Mayor John Destefano and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.
Read more:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2010/08/nyc-aug-8-la-casa-rosa-immigration-play.html
Watch an excerpt from the play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qXG7rAljY
Read about the play in La Jornada del Oriente (in Spanish):
http://www1.lajornadadeoriente.com.mx/2010/06/28/tlaxcala/contra12.php
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