Who we are

The Alliance of Haitian Rural Women (AFPA) is federation of women associations established on March 12, 2010, three months after a massive earthquake shattered Haiti. This deadly earthquake left behind tens of thousands of widows and orphans who relocated to rural areas where they had relatives. All women in Haiti face the same socio-economic problems, violence inequalities rooted in the patriarchal system that pervades the whole country. However, the dehumanizing situation to which Haitian rural women has been subjected for centuries violates all basic principles of human rights. To address these issues, this federation  of rural women's associations is committed to taking all appropriate steps to enforce and create the conditions that are conducive for women farmers in Haiti to enjoy their basic human rights. With this in mind, AFPA is a non-profit, non-denominational organization grouping all women farmers, regardless of their political affiliation and sexual orientation.

We are concerned with the basic needs of rural women while attaching great importance to relations and discussions with male groups in order to restore the balance between men and women and to open a dialogue leading to complementarity. AFPA addresses all issues affecting rural Haitian women such as gender-based discrimination, violence, and the lack of access to education, land ownership, and material resources. Our alliance operates in areas as diverse as gender equality, professional equality, access to education, employment and material resources, girl trafficking, domestic violence , lesbophobia, women’s participation in public life, sexism,  and liberal globalization. We are committed to promoting solidarity between urban and local women throughout Haiti and all over the world.

 

Vision

Rural women and girls across Haiti live in a society whey they enjoy all of their humans rights, and that they are not judged by their gender or sexual orientation but by the content of their character.

 

Mission

Promote all the fundamental rights of women and girls living in rural Haiti and ensure they that have equal access to education, healthcare, economic opportunities, and political decision making regardless of their sexual orientation..

 

Our objectives

• Promote gender equality and respect for all rural women’s and girls’ sexual orientation in all rural areas using the matriarchal practices deeply enmeshed in these close-knit communities.

 

• gather resources and put in place mechanisms to enable rural girls to access basic, vocational and higher education.

• enforce and consolidate all the rights that women have gained throughout the twentieth century.

 

• support rural women in their struggle to access education, material resources and socio-economic mobility and equal opportunities at the workplace.

 

provide economic, family, social, cultural, civic and artistic education to all women and girls so they can like all men play a vital role in decision making and socioeconomic development.

 

• provide sexual education for women and girls in rural areas based on the feminist perspective.

• develop the spirit and practice of mutual aid among rural women and those residing in urban areas in Haiti and abroad.

 

• eliminate the influence of patriarchy and strengthen matriarchal values ​​and practices in all rural communities across Haiti.