Tuesday, February 9, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade

 

Haitian Women
Protest Lack of Aid

Democracy Now,
February 10

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As the death toll was revised, dozens of Haitian women held a protest Tuesday calling for speedier aid. Marching in the capital Port-au-Prince, the women carried signs reading “We need food” and “We need tents.”

[Note: Signs also said:
"End UN Racism" and "Tents not Guns".  A banner of the "January 12 Movement to Liberate Haitian Women" includes call for a "Revolution for the whole nation."  This protest, on February 8, was described as the "second demonstration" by the "12 Janvye Mouvman Fanm" on the Millennials Project Facebook page.  Their first protest march -- on February 5 -- involved 500 women who walked to the MINUSTAH (UN military occupation force) headquarters and the US Embassy to demand “Tents, not guns!” 

 

On Feb. 9, the "January 12 Movement to Liberate Haitian Women," again with the Millennials Project’s support, staged a sit–in on the Champs de Mars outside the Plaza Hotel, where CNN had been staying. About 50 demonstrators held signs reading “Tents Now, Politics Later” and “End U.N. Racism.”

The two groups have initiated plans for another demonstration in Port-au-Prince to be held on March 8, International Women’s Day. Women’s organizations from around Haiti have been invited to help organize the event, which organizers hope will bring out thousands of women from around Haiti and its capital.

 

 

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake protest in a street during a rally at Port-au-Prince, February 9, 2010. The 7.0 magnitude quake which struck Haiti on January 12 is estimated to have killed up to 200,000 people and has led to scenes of chaotic food handouts amid the ruins of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
 (One day from "A Chronology of Haitian Protest and Resistance since the Earthquake")
A resource produced by Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade