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PIERRE, Juline; CASTELLANOS SUAREZ, José Alfredo  y  PIERRE, Absalon. Contribution of rural women in community development in Haiti: Case Papaye Movement, Plateau Central, Haiti. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.4, pp.935-947. ISSN 2007-0934.

This work has as main objective to understand, through a basic investigatory process, the role of rural women, who participate in the peasant Movement Papaye- in community development in rural areas in Haiti to lay the groundwork and data necessary in a subsequent intervention of any national or international organization which aims to improve the living conditions of this category. The role of women, not only in overall percentage of the population, the issue of activities for the country's development is essential. They do not always play this role because gender issues that characterizes Haitian society for many years. In this sense, to help reduce poverty and achieve greater development and community organization in rural areas in Haiti, organized participation of women in all spheres is required. The participatory action research method to collect data and information about women through a semi-structured interview form was used to achieve the objective of this work. The results show that thanks to the participation of women within the organization, the community now has access to health, electricity, drinking water, communication such as roads and other modalities. The results show that women who are members of this organization are not victims of discrimination or violence within the movement. They can participate in all activities and play any role inside or outside the organization. They have a much better than some who are not members of the organization economic situation. Which they are not members of the organization have less access to credit, training, including victims of violence and discrimination within the community. The manuscript concludes that the participation of women within an organized community structure allows them to develop, understand and defend their rights, contributing to community development and reducing poverty in rural areas in Haiti.

Palabras llave : community organization; development; Haiti; participation; women.

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