Haitian Women organizations have been key to advances made so far by Haitian women.
More Haitian women are being vocal and active in social, political, and economic issues since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986. Though it has not come easily, their progress in changing gender relations of power within the home, within social movements, and within the nation has been steady.
One factor that has allowed Haitian women to make these advences are Radios.
The importance of radio cannot be overstated in a country such as Haiti where 45% of men, and 49% of women, are illiterate.
Nor can the significance of women taking the microphone, in a country where aggressive patriarchy in the home and society, as well as violence from male partners and the state, have tried to keep them silent.
