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Beverly Bell and Other Worlds's Blog – August 2011 Archive (1)
"Until the Day I Die": Gerta Louisama on Haitian Women Winning Their Rights
By Beverly Bell
August 2, 2011
Gerta Louisama is a member of the Executive Committee and the National Women’s Committee of Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen, Heads Together Small Producers of Haiti, Haiti’s largest and oldest peasant group. She is also head of the local Tèt Kole Women’s Committee in her village of Savanette. Here she speaks about the Tèt Kole’s efforts to win recognition, social equality, and economic rights for rural Haitians, especially women.…
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