Declaration

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 1, 2006: Despite the threat of violence amidst continuing arson attacks and gun battles in Port-au-Prince's poorest neighborhoods, hundreds of women victims of rape will march through the capital today with faces veiled to raise their voices against ongoing violence and discrimination against women. The march will begin with a rally at 10 am in Place Jérémie.

The march is organized by the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV), the largest community-based rape crisis group in Haiti. Marchers will take their cry for justice to the Haitian Government by visiting the Ministry of Justice, Ministry for Women, National Palace and Parliament.