New Peer-Reviewed Study in the Journal of Family Violence
The article titled "Reducing Violence Against Women and Girls in a Time of Crisis: An Impact Evaluation of the Rethinking Power Program in Haiti" evaluates the effectiveness of the Rethinking Power program, a community-based intervention aimed at reducing violence against women and girls in Haiti. Implemented between 2017 and 2021 in La Vallée Commune, the program adapted the SASA! approach to address intimate partner violence (IPV), incorporating components like Power to Girls and Safe and Capable to focus on adolescent girls and women with disabilities. Despite challenges such as political instability, economic crises, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study found that participants in intervention areas had a 41% reduced odds of reporting past-year physical or sexual IPV compared to control sites. Additionally, there were significant improvements in gender-equitable attitudes and decreased acceptance of violence. The study concludes that with flexibility and adaptability, IPV prevention programs can be successfully implemented even in unstable contexts. Read the Full Article
The Lancet: BB Violence Prevention Work Effective Even in Areas With Armed Gangs
The British medical journal The Lancet took note of the work of our Rethinking Power Team in its November issue, explaining that the approach we use...
The Lancet: Beyond Borders Approach Reduces Violence Against Women Even as Gangs Grow
The British medical journal The Lancet took note of the work of our Rethinking Power Team in its November issue, explaining that the approach we use...
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It’s been nearly a month —
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After the rain: Haiti update
photo by Jean Paul Saint Fleur Drenching Haiti with over 10 inches of rain in some areas, Tropical Storm Grace, triggered mudslides and complicated rescue efforts in the most earthquake devastated areas on Monday evening into the early morning on Tuesday, August 17th....
When it rains . . .
Well, when it rains it pours. And now as I write this update to you, thanks to Tropical Storm Grace, it is pouring in southern Haiti on the multitudes made homeless by Saturday’s earthquake. And even those not made homeless are staying outdoors because of the...
The deeper reality headlines on Haiti don’t reveal.
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Recent Violence in Haiti
We at Beyond Borders are heartbroken and enraged for what we are witnessing today in Haiti, more specifically in and around the capital of Port au Prince over the past few weeks and days. Armed and vicious gangs are fighting for control over several neighborhoods,...
Overwhelmed with Gratitude – The Impact of Your Support
Click on the image to read the Winter 2021 Impact Report How could I read this newsletter and not be over-whelmed with gratitude for you and what you are making possible in Haiti? Families brought back from the depths of poverty, isolation, and despair through new...
166 Children . . .
I’m feeling both distressed and hopeful as I write to you now. We keep a running list of children who we believe are enslaved in domestic servitude in Haiti. Last month colleagues added the names of 166 children from eight Port-au-Prince...
Gratitude is a kind of resonance — Thanksgiving, 2020
On Thanksgiving this year, I’m thinking of my Uncle Bob. I mostly remember his voice, his hands, and how he would look at me. He was one of my dad’s two younger brothers and a skilled machinist. For a few years, he worked for my dad, so I would see him most often...
new update from the frontlines of the Covid fight in Haiti
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I wasn't feeling that bad when I called my doctor’s office last Friday. I didn't expect them to instruct me to quarantine from my family and get tested for the coronavirus on Monday. They say that what you don't know can't hurt you and that ignorance is bliss,...
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