Help Haitian Midwives STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN!

Thank you for your generous donations during GlobalGiving’s August Little by Little Matching Campaign and beyond. “Ti pil ti pil fe chaj” is a Haitian proverb which means a little plus a little makes a load. Every bit helps FAHM enable Haitian midwives to stop gender-based violence in Haiti. 

FAHM  continues to prepare for its 2nd Gender-Based Violence (GBV) intensive training for Haitian midwives living and working in Haiti. We are also continuing to work closely with the midwives who attended our initial four-day intensive training in 2018. Focus groups have been held with these midwives which encourage and continue to provide support to them as they implement what they have learned at that conference. The focus groups will also allow FAHM to evaluate the impact the training has had on the midwives and the communities that they serve. These trainings aim to  improve clinical knowledge, make resources and services more readily available and accessible, and increase community awareness of GBV as a public health problem and violation of human rights. 

Presenters from our 2018 conference included physicians from SHOG (Société Haïtienne d’Obstétrique et de Gynécologie), which is equivalent to the USA’s ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists). Pre- and post-tests were given to the midwives during the training. Afterwards SHOG shared some of their thoughts on the training:

• The workshops and “real life” examples taken from everyday clinical  practice helped engage the participants.

• Participants gained a better understanding of the concepts of gender and bias within the context of Haitian culture.

• Thinking was provoked and participants began to reflect on how to implement not only psychological but clinically supportive measures to sexual assault victims. 

FAHM’s utmost goal is to provide Haitian midwives with the knowledge and tools to stop gender-based violence in Haiti as well as to be able to track the impact of this model of training. 

On behalf of Haitian women and midwives, FAHM thanks you for taking this journey with us. We hope that we can count on your continued support and your spreading the word about this important work.

Mesi anpil (Thank you so much)

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