Marie-Jeanne And Solange: The Impacts Of Globalization In Haiti

Unlike in the United States women in Haiti suffer from the lack of rights and privileges available to women in most western countries. Gender inequality seems to continue to be a

The Haitian revolution had tremendous repercussions in the social, political and economic arenas of the world, but especially for the relationship with the neighboring nation of the Dominican Republic. In order to understand the development of the Dominican-Haitian relationship after the Haitian revolution one must examine how the two colonies of Hispanola dealt with each other before it. Throughout history there has been constant stress between the interactions of these nations, yet there is no easy explanation for what has caused it. In effect, it has been an accumulation of events which has allowed for the present relationship to evolve.

Haiti is usually depicted as a place of disorganization, chaos or unrest. With the various issues facing Haiti, we can categorize them into the different social science disciplines. Some of the social science disciplines that I would use to try and figure out main issues facing Haiti are: the history, the economics and the political science.

However, before diving deeper into Haiti’s current economic plight, it is necessary to first comprehend how economic well-being is derived. Economic well-being is certainly not easily reflected by one measurement, say GDP per

The major issues of Haiti that are a result of Haiti’s ineffective government are destroying the country’s people as a whole. These major issues violate

It’s safe to say that Haiti is poor. Especially compared to the U.S. One of the causes for Haiti being so poor just happens to be humans. They are entrenched in greed and power. The rulers there have ensured Haiti’s despair. Things like soil erosion, bad education system, illiteracy, unemployment, inadequate roads, water systems, sewerage, and medical services are also some of the causes of Haiti’s despair. The international community also has a lot to do with Haiti being so poor. But the main root of Haiti’s problems comes from their government. The rulers there have used beatings, killings, illegal

Haiti's has several factors that contributes to its overall fragility. These factors are: a weak Social Contract, the Government lack of capacity, and its environmental (geopolitical) location.

Structural violence is an invisible force that can display at every level of society from individuals to a whole country through various forms such as access to health care, resources and political rights. Structural violence can be referred as a form of oppression through social and political injustices that are imposed on unprivileged populations or communities of the society. Some of the contributing factors into structural violence mentioned by Paul Farmer in “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below” are gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Paul Farmer describes the social injustice and the political oppression in Haiti through the life stories of two young Haitians, Acephie and Chouchou.

This is because of the laws in Haiti that are not really strong. According to Clark “Violence against women occurs across all classes in Haiti and can only be punished under general laws against assault and battery, if at all. No specific laws against domestic violence exist in Haiti” (Clark 305.) The people are trying to change the rules but the government seems like they don’t really care about the voice of the people. The stuff they really care about is campaign, carnival, and elections. They spend a lot of money to make the carnival and elections happen, but they forget about the women who are in need. Sometimes the people wonder where they get all of the money from to make this happen. They tell the women they don’t have resources for them, but they spend all the money on other things that are not important. In Haiti, even a sixteen years old girl could get abused. If people have a house with young people, they have to watch out for bandit, or rapist. In “A Chance for Congress to Help Haitian Women,” Amanda Klansing, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch; (an international organization that works on these kinds of issues,) tell us the story about “Where a sixteen year old was living, the men in the house would abuse her. She went to the police, and explain them everything, they did not press charges even though there are laws against abusing minors” (Klasing). After the earthquake, that was previously

When compared to the living standards of people in so-called ‘first-world countries’ such as the United States of America or Australia, the trauma that the people of Haiti undergo in their everyday existence should be universally recognised, and humanitarian intervention should not be an option but rather a requirement. In an ethnography delving into the violence and trauma affecting the citizens of Haiti (James, 2010), anthropologist Erica Caple James provides an in-depth description of the suffering that Haitians endure, as well as the consequences of their social, physical, and psychological oppression. In an attempt to improve the way of life of the population of Haiti and combat the country’s corrupt social order (Gordon, 1996:52), a humanitarian

Their GDP and unemployment have never been at the top of the economic chart, even before the disastrous earthquake in 2010. Although natural disasters are not the only contribute to this nations terrible luck; dangerous diseases such as AIDS are spreading distressingly among the inhabitants, and unemployment is a mass marvel that affects more than two thirds of the country’s population. Haiti’s citizens have never been financially stable, with about eighty percent of its population below the poverty line (haitiearthquake).

Education is something that plays a huge role in the world we live in today. If you receive a good education, you can get very far in life. Most people have the dream of one day owning their own business and/or having their dream job, but some people don’t have the luxury of having this path laid out right in front of them. In some of the very poor countries, like Haiti, receiving a quality education is hard. Unlike in the United States, education in Haiti is an honor. Education is not a top priority in Haiti because they have so many economic issues. Most of the population of Haiti never had the chance to attend school, and then out of the ones that did most dropped out and never made it to primary school. The poor families in Haiti need their children to work instead of attending class. This is just the beginning on understanding how the economy in Haiti affects the amount of schooling children receive.

Most Haitians place a great emphasis on family values regardless of their social status. While both parents play a vital role in the family, the male is the dominant one, the head of the house, despite the fact that the mother works, rears, cares for the children and maintains the house. It’s tremendously hard to get a job in Haiti as the labor industry is extremely bias, you not only need to know someone from the inside, but it is also based on age and color of your skin. The younger, the lighter the skin pigment, and the more likely it is to get hired. As a result of that, women often struggle with sexual harassment in the work place. The probability of getting a job without a college degree is very slim to none so therefore, a college education is crucial. A child primary responsibility is to focus in school and get good grades until graduated college, but because college tuition is so expensive, only the upper class can afford to send their kids to school. The middle and the lower

In Haiti they practice free trade. Free trade is an international trade without a tariff. Based on the article “Made in Haiti” , free trade creates more misery for the workers. Instead of creating work that can develop reduce poverty they are not doing it. And are just producing more challenging circumstances for workers. With this in mind many workers are even working unpaid for many international factories. In those factories they increase the minimum wage, but is honestly not helping all the workers because it only increase for those who work in the factories not everyone. Based on the article “Haiti minimum wage”, “Minimum wage

On a map, one will find a tiny country called Haiti. This country relit a desire of life in my heart when I was exposed to the third world reality. Haiti transformed my life. It is crucial for those who are not a part of the third world to experience the life of those who do live in the third world. By experiencing this unimaginable reality, where every day the norm is to wake up to extreme poverty, one will be forever changed by the exposure to the world outside of the dreamy first world. This dreamy first world brings overwhelming contrasts to the third world.