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      Feminist International Solidarity Camp “Myriam Merlet” To Open On
      Haitian-Dominican Republic Border
      <http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/feminist-international-solidarity-camp-%e2%80%9cmyriam-merlet%e2%80%9d-to-open-on-haitian-dominican-republic-border/>

The solidarity camp is named after Myriam Merlet, a feminist activist
who was killed in the earthquake last week. As an outspoken activist,
Merlet helped draw international attention to the use of rape as a
political weapon.

A Feminist International Solidarity Camp to help mobilize and transfer
resources, and to open channels of communications directly with Haitian
women will open next week on the frontier Jemaní between the Dominican
Republic & Haiti. As a project organized by women’s groups in Haiti, the
Dominican Republic, and elsewhere in Latin America & the Caribbean and
beyond, the Camp will be eventually handed over to Haitian women.

The international solidarity camp is named after Myriam Merlet, It is
organized as a Resource Center for international solidarity efforts to
send resources directly to the women of Haiti, and also work with Human
Rights defenders from Haiti to monitor, denounce and demand legal action
regarding violations of human rights including women’s human rights
during the earthquake and the aftermath.

Also to be included is a Health Center to help deal the grief, injuries,
illnesses and traumas of the earthquake.

Coordinators of these efforts include the Women & Health Collective
(COMUS) a women’s human rights and health NGO, and CIPAF, a feminist NGO
of the Dominican Republic that works in building social/political movement.

The space will also serve as a Communications Center to include radio
transmissions via Internet by FIRE (Feminist International Radio
Endeavour), as well as blogs, and electronic networks organized by
women’s communication networks throughout the region. FIRE was the first
international internet radio created and run by women from Latin America
and the Caribbean.

Participation is needed, particularly to find resources, share
information from the Camp and develop solidarity in your place. .

For more information in English about the Myriam Merlet Feminist
International Solidarity Camp and other ways to participate go to:
http://www.radiofeminista.net (webpage of FIRE radio) as of Febrary 1st.

Write in English to oficina at radiofeminista.net
<http://womensphere.wordpress.com/oficina@radiofeminista.net>

Or write in Spanish to: Colectiva Mujer y Salud in the Dominican
Republic at http://www.colectivamujerysalud.org

Centro de Investigación para la Acción Femenina CIPAF also in the
Dominican Republic at: http://www.cipaf.org.do

http://www.radiofeminista.net/index.php/es/noticias/70-solidarity-haiti-feminist.html

See also: “Myriam Merlet, Anne Marie Coriolan & Magalie Marcelin
Feminist International Camp”
<http://www.radiofeminista.net/index.php/en/component/content/article/3/75-campamento-feminista-internacional-qmyriam-merlet-anne-marie-coriolan-y-magalie-marcelinq.html>

and: UNIFEM Mourns the Deaths of 4 Women’s Rights Activists in Haiti
<http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/unifem-mourns-the-deaths-of-4-women%e2%80%99s-rights-activists-in-haiti/>

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