500 women march on MINUSTAH
and U.S. Embassy to demand “Tents, not guns!”
by Christian Guerrier and Brian Jackson
Haïti Liberté, February
17-23, 2010
Source
"Throughout the week, huge rallies had been taking place each afternoon at an amphitheater located in the Carrefour Aviation area. By Thursday, February 4, we had amassed about 500 people from the community."
[Note: The "huge rallies" mentioned here appear to have been the beginnings of the "January 12 Movement to Liberate Haitian Women". This organisation held its first protest march on February 5 (see detailed article). That march included 500 women who walked to the MINUSTAH (UN military occupation force) headquarters and the US Embassy to demand “Tents, not guns!” They also held another protest and sit-in on February 9.
The photo above shows a crowd of women at the "amphitheater located in the Carrefour Aviation area." The first six photos in the collection of the 12 Janvye Mouvman Fanm show women gathering in this amphitheatre on February 5.]