Grassroots Women's Organizations' Fight for Freedom from Sexual Violence and Recognition under Domestic and International Law

April Marcus
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The sun was beginning to set in Port-au-Prince as we approached the new KOFAVIV clinic and the open air living room let us hear the singing and clapping as we entered. Although we received a warm welcome, the stories that the women were about to share provided a harsh contrast to the pleasant scene we were presently a part of; stories of helping strangers, friends, and family members, who like them, are victims of sexual violence, displacement, and uncertainty. The Haiti Project at the International Women's Human Rights Clinic (IWHR) at CUNY School of Law left for Port-au-Prince, Haiti on October 7, 2010. Our goal was to collect firsthand evidence of the conditions in the displacement camps. We were able to speak with three groups of people to broaden our understanding and to seek out the disconnect between what was happening on the ground and the official responses to these issues. We spoke to residents in the camps, the service providers operating in the camp, and government agencies. This information was then compiled and included in our petition for precautionary measures to be filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The women that we met from KOFAVIV spoke about the work they do in the camps, assisting victims and identifying rapists. If a woman becomes the victim of an attack, she is put in touch with a KOFAVIV member who then accompanies the victim to the camp committee or police, to the hospital to obtain a medical certificate,
基层妇女组织争取免于性暴力的自由,以及在国内法和国际法下的承认
当我们接近新开的科法夫市诊所时,太子港的太阳已经开始落山了,当我们进入露天的客厅时,我们听到了歌声和掌声。尽管我们受到了热烈的欢迎,但女人们将要讲述的故事与我们目前所处的愉快环境形成了鲜明的对比;帮助陌生人、朋友和喜欢他们的家人的故事,他们是性暴力、流离失所和不确定性的受害者。2010年10月7日,纽约市立大学法学院国际妇女人权诊所(IWHR)的海地项目小组前往海地太子港。我们的目标是收集有关难民营条件的第一手证据。我们能够与三组人交谈,以扩大我们的理解,并找出当地发生的事情与官方对这些问题的反应之间的脱节。我们采访了难民营的居民、难民营的服务提供者和政府机构。这些资料随后被汇编并列入我们向美洲人权委员会提交的关于采取预防措施的请愿书。我们在科法夫遇到的妇女谈到了她们在难民营里的工作,帮助受害者和识别强奸犯。如果一名妇女成为袭击的受害者,她就会与KOFAVIV的一名成员取得联系,该成员随后陪同受害者到营地委员会或警察局,到医院领取医疗证明,
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