More than 500 women from villages throughout Communse Anse Rouge
gathered in the village of La Source Chaude to celebrate women's day
with AMURT-Haiti and its affiliated women's organization AMURTEL
(together referred to as AMURT/EL). The celebration and march followed
a two day women's empowerment training for the leaders of thirty four
womens' organizations. AMURT/EL supported the festivities and march in
collaboration with the community organization, Association for the
Education of the People of Anse Rouge (AEPA). After gathering together
at AMURT/EL's newly constructed community Center for New-Humanist
Education, the women sang cooperative songs and marched together to the
village square, dancing and singing in celebration of their day.
Quoting sister Dharmapriya, who has been organizing the training for
the recently created 34 local women's associations in the Anse Rouge
Commune in Haiti:
"The event was wonderful! We had close to 90 women attending the
two-day workshop, and 500 some women attended the rally and parade on
Sunday. The streets of Source Chaudes village were filled with MPP
songs and dancing [MPP is the Peasant Movement of Papay, the largest
grassroots organization in Haiti]."
You can read more in the
AMURT
Haiti website.
