Caribbean Articles

Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand emerged and began writing on the wall of the king’s palace and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing (Daniel 5:5)

By Julius Nyamkimah Fondong, a Civil Affairs officer with the United Nations Mission in Haiti

Two Haitian women stand by anti-Aristide graffiti in a small northwestern village near Port-de-Paix. President Jean Bertrand Aristide, pressured by the US government, left the country on February 29. The writing reads "Down with Bloody Aristide the Tiger." (Photo by Paul Jeffrey for ACT)

Haiti is a country in perpetual conflict, often characterized by senseless blood letting. The latest spat of violence broke out in 2003 and culminated in the resignation of the country’s president Jean Bertrand Aristide in February 2004. A United Nations Peace-keeping Mission was immediately set up in the country and entrusted with the responsibility of facilitating a process of peace and reconciliation.

Pasan balance a relación histórica en lafrontera RD-Haiti

Dajabón, R.D.

25-05-08

Left to right: Prof. Hector R. Piñero, Co-coordinator of the Red RICA, a network of Caribbean universities and community organizations working on communication; José Luis Soto, Director of Espacio Insular, an organization that focuses on producing news about the Haitian-Dominican Republic border; Father Regino Martínez, Director of Solidaridad Fronteriza, Ms. Joselyn Ponce of the University of Puerto Rico and Maximiliano Duenas Guzman, the President, WACC - Caribbean region.

Académicos de universidades de Puerto Rico y República Dominicana, así como los directores de organizaciones cívicas y religiosas que trabajan en la frontera dominico-haitiana analizaron este sábado el rol de los medios de comunicación frente a los fenómenos migratorios caribeños. También se pasó balance al proceso histórico en lafrontera RD-Haiti y la importancia de incorporar la perspectiva de género al estudio de las migraciones.
El sacerdote jesuita Regino Martínez, director de Solidaridad Fronteriza –SF-, pasó balance a lo que ha sido la historia de conflictos en el establecimiento de las relaciones intercultural en la frontera, destacando el papel desarrollado por la compañía de Jesús desde el 1936, que se establecieron en Dajabón.
Regino aclaró que para el haitiano la frontera es conceptual mientras que para los dominicanos esta es algo tangible, razón por la cual el gobierno de Trujillo se planteó la ideologización de la misma, lo que condujo la matanza en el 1937 de dominico- haitiano y haitianos, los cuales habitaban en sus comunidades y toda la línea noroeste.

By Women’s Media Watch, Jamaica

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) in partnership with Women’s Media Watch (WMW) held a 3-day Regional Training Workshop on Gender and Media Advocacy, 10 to 12 April, 2008, in Kingston, Jamaica. The event brought together civil society as well as some media from 11 Caribbean countries. The regional delegates developed a Caribbean Action Plan for Gender & Media Advocacy.

Journalists and media workers on Thursday launched a new press organization,S.O.S Journalistes, with the mission to protect and defend freedom of thepress, to organize its members, and to carry out projects likely to improve thesocio-economic conditions of media professionals at all levels.

Hilary Nicholson, Women’s Media Watch

Young men often feel pressured to assert their masculinity either through sex or through being violent. For them, that is being macho. In response to this pervading mentality, Women’s Media Watch (WMW) has been exploring ‘sexuality’ with young men.

Karen Small, Women’s Media Watch

We as women, by the nature of our work, have had a growing concern about how little has been done to critically explore issues affecting men and boys.  It has never been easy for women to speak to men about male violence, particularly sexual and domestic violence. Whether it is because of men’s trivializing comments, or their outright personal    attacks and hostility, women (and some men) feel   exasperated and powerless when they try to talk to men about the need for change.

Octobre 2001

L'étude des rapports entre Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (NTIC) et moyens de communication de masses est un thème qui passionne de nombreux chercheurs a travers le monde. C'est un sujet très vaste qui réfère à l'utilisation des NTIC par les institutions et le personnel médiatiques ainsi que les militants et organismes de défense des droits humains.

En Haïti, nous savons que l'initiation des médias, les journalistes et le public à l'utilisation des NTIC est assez récente. Il serait prématuré de tenter d'établir aujourd'hui un bilan se rapportant spécifiquement au cas haïtien avec l'espoir de tirer un résultat véritablement substantiel. Cependant il demeure important d'approcher la problématique sous l'angle d'une projection de l'utilisation des NTIC et des pistes susceptibles d'être suivies, tenant compte de la tradition médiatique haïtienne, la disponibilité des NTIC en Haïti et le potentiel offert aux médias et aux militants des droits humains par les NTIC.

Séminaire organisé par WACC-Caribe

Paramaribo, Suriname, 15 -16 septembre 2005

Introduction

La WACC-Caribe organise un séminaire de deux jours sur la démocratisation de la communication, du point de vue caribéen, de manière à pouvoir établir un agenda de revendications correspondant aux besoins régionaux à satisfaire dans le cadre des efforts visant à démocratiser les processus communicationnels.

The following countries were represented: SAINT LUCIA, HAÏTI, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE, and two SAINT VINCENT residents The logistics for the meeting were essentially assured by the Saint Lucia-Martinique-Association

Etaient représentés : SAINTE –LUCIE ; HAÏTI ; GUADELOUPE ; MARTINIQUE.

Deux résidentes à SAINT- VINCENT ont participé aux débats.