When celebrating the National Day of the Haitian Women's Movement, the Kay Fanm assured that the union does not intend to lower its arms

Havana, April 3 (RHC) The Kay Fanm organization regretted that the current insecurity crisis, marked by gang crimes, hinders the actions of organizations in defense of women.

When celebrating the National Day of the Haitian Women's Movement this Monday, the organization assured that the union does not intend to “bay legen nan batay la” (lower its arms) and criticized the immobility of the government led by Ariel Henry.

On April 3, 1986, tens of thousands of women demonstrated in Port-au-Prince and in the provinces to express their aspiration to live in a democratic society in which they are not excluded and in which their fundamental human rights are respected. The mobilization also demanded their inclusion in political life and equal access to health and employment.

Thirty-seven years later, women are still demanding greater political inclusion, equal pay, vindication of gender violence, as well as the end of a system dominated by social inequalities.

In the current context, with the expansion of areas controlled by gangs, sexual violence against women has become a weapon of war and an instrument of intimidation, denounced the United Nations. (Source: Prensa Latina)