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HAITI - GENDER SHADOW REPORT FOR
WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
& LEADERSHIP IN HAITI'S RELIEF
& RECONSTRUCTION
Direct Link to Full 60-Page Report:
PDNA - Post-Disaster Needs
Assessment
Where are the women in Haiti's Reconstruction?
April 7th, 2010 - Women and gender issues were
glaring in their absence from the March 31st Haiti International Donors' Conference held in New York when billions
of dollars were pledged to finance Haiti's
reconstruction. Haiti's National Plan of Action, the blueprint guiding
reconstruction efforts and resource
allocation, was based on a Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA). The PDNA
resulted from a two month process led by the Government of Haiti and involving more than 250 people from the United
Nations, the World Bank, the European Union
and the Inter-American Development Bank. Despite this large scale effort, the
resulting PDNA failed to address gender
dimensions of Haiti's proposed strategies
for reconstructing macroeconomic, social, environmental
policies, as well as infrastructure and governance.
To amplify Haitian women's voices, a
collective effort involving more than 100 international
women's organizations and networks held a press conference and parallel event across the street from the Donors'
Conference on March 31st 2010. At the event,
they released a Gender Shadow Report that provides a gender analysis of and
response to the PDNA. The report is
introduced by an open letter to donors
demanding the inclusion of Haitian women's voices in the reconstruction process and attention to gender issues in all
policies and budget allocations.
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