Theme:

MIGRATION, RACISM AND GLOBALIZATION --

In the Context of the Domincan Republic and Haiti

 

Location:

Insituto Nacional de Formacion Agraria y Social, Inc.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

 

Co-Hosts: 

Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA)

Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres del Campo (CONAMUCA)

Collective of Popular Organizations

 

BACKGROUND READING AND LINKS

 

They Are Dominicans: The injustice of Denial of Citizenship to Persons of Haitian Ancestry Born in the Dominican Republic.  Slideshow

 

Brief History of Dominican Republic and Haiti, or the island Quisqueya/Haiti.

 

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Affirms the Human Rights to Nationality and Upholds the International Prohibition on Racial Discrimination in Access to Nationality.

 

International Court Fights Racial Discrimination Against Children.

 

www.margueritelaurent.com/campaigns/campaigntwo/campaigntwo.html

 

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Dominican_Republic