Sa Fini! A Feminist Approach to Sexual Violence Against Women in Haiti

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dc.contributorGundermann, Christian
dc.contributorLuce, Jacquelyne
dc.contributorBillies, Michelle
dc.contributor.advisorGundermann, Christian
dc.contributor.authorHeyliger, Flore Marie Catheleen
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-05T10:13:06Z
dc.date.available2016-07-05T10:13:06Z
dc.date.gradyear2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-07-05
dc.description.abstractThis study offersis an attempt to gain insight into how Haitian women perceive sexual violence and howto understand the various interlocking structures intersecting with the perpetration of sexual violence against women in Léogâne, Haiti. I conducted 9 semi-structured interviews with women using the Life Story approach, I surveyed 231 women, and used I used data from a 51 applicants for a scholarship for women who have experienced or are at risk of experiencing sexual violence. Adopting a feminist theoretical framework, I will connect first person narratives to various structures that complicate and contribute to sexual violence in Haiti. I argue that women’s perception of sexual violence is partly rooted in public health and fertility discourses. In addition, I theorize the voices of the women in my study as a way to fight epistemic violence. Throughout this process, my work consists of a critical reflection of my methodologies and my complicity in a masculinist and colonial framework. This thesis highlights not onlyjust the complexity of sexual violence and gender politics in Haiti, but also the complexity of doing research under difficult circumstances.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGender Studiesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/3919
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricteden_US
dc.subjectSexual Violenceen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectHaitien_US
dc.subjectLéogâneen_US
dc.titleSa Fini! A Feminist Approach to Sexual Violence Against Women in Haitien_US
dc.typeThesis
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke College

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